Arthur J. Riggs

CTL-E-2601 · Person · other · 1890s–1900s

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Pullman porter who co-founded the Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of the World (IBPOEW) with B.F. Howard in 1898.

Relationships

Social clubs and Elks/Prince Hall networks — Black Chicago — founded
Arthur J. Riggs co-founded the IBPOEW with B.F. Howard in 1898 after both were denied membership in the white Elks.

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Social clubs and Elks/Prince Hall networks — Black Chicago — founded by → this record

Sources

Internet Archive — Order of the Elks Scott #1342 first-day-cover text

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