What a Mighty
Power We Can Be: African American Fraternal Groups and the
Struggle for Racial Equality.
Princeton University Press,
2006.
Theda Skocpol,
Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government
and Sociology, Harvard University.
Marshall Ganz,
Lecturer
in Public Policy, Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations,
Harvard University.
Ariane Liazos,
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University.
"Long before the
twentieth-century Civil Rights movement, the fraternal and
sororal organizations of the Black community created and
recreated sacred spaces of community solidarity and civic
courage in the best spirit of American democracy. The
authors convert this little-known story into an important
chapter of the history of the United States" -- Lani Guinier,
Harvard Law School.