With information on over 500 organizations, their founders and membership, this unique encyclopedia is an invaluable resource on the history of African-American activism. Entries on both historical and contemporary organizations include:
* African Aid Society * African-Americans forHumanism * Black Academy of Arts and Letters * BlackWomen''s Liberation Committee * Minority Women in Science* National Association of Black Geologists andGeophysicists * National Dental Association * NationalMedical Association * Negro Railway Labor ExecutivesCommittee * Pennsylvania Freedmen''s Relief Association *Women''s Missionary Society, African Methodist EpiscopalChurch * and many more.

With information on over 500 organizations, their founders and membership, this unique encyclopedia is an invaluable resource on the history of African-American activism. Entries on both historical and contemporary organizations include:
* African Aid Society * African-Americans forHumanism * Black Academy of Arts and Letters * BlackWomen''s Liberation Committee * Minority Women in Science* National Association of Black Geologists andGeophysicists * National Dental Association * NationalMedical Association * Negro Railway Labor ExecutivesCommittee * Pennsylvania Freedmen''s Relief Association *Women''s Missionary Society, African Methodist EpiscopalChurch * and many more.

With information on over 500 organizations, their founders and membership, this unique encyclopedia is an invaluable resource on the history of African-American activism. Entries on both historical and contemporary organizations include:
* African Aid Society * African-Americans forHumanism * Black Academy of Arts and Letters * BlackWomen''s Liberation Committee * Minority Women in Science* National Association of Black Geologists andGeophysicists * National Dental Association * NationalMedical Association * Negro Railway Labor ExecutivesCommittee * Pennsylvania Freedmen''s Relief Association *Women''s Missionary Society, African Methodist EpiscopalChurch * and many more.