Appomattox Club

CTL-E-1220 · Venue · club · 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Elite social-political club uniting Black Republicans and Black business leadership; networking hub linking the Black press, Black banking, and electoral politics Geography: Chicago, Illinois (South Side; headquarters at 3632 Grand Boulevard / South Parkway by 1920)

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from INST-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-INST-001:INST-008; source research type(s): political_club.

Sources

https://sci-hub.cat/storage/zero/7538/cbc7bed7a0086fcfdf3d9e858ffb7ebe/carroll2006.pdf
https://bookreadfree.com/172567/4268806.amp
http://glessnerhouse.blogspot.com/2021/02/chicagos-forgotten-worlds-fair-american.html

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