11 December 1886
Labor organizingBook sources
Black farmers organize the Colored Farmers’ Alliance
Houston County, Texas; later the Southern United States
Black farmers founded an alliance to pursue cooperative purchasing, education and economic independence in a system of debt and racial exclusion. The organization developed alongside a farmers’ alliance that excluded Black members.
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Context / qualification
Black officers and members shaped the organization even though white superintendent R. M. Humphrey held a prominent role. Claimed membership totals are not treated as verified counts.
Sources
- Howard Zinn, A People’s History of the United States, chapter 11, pp. 289–292; supplied print pages, edition/year unidentified
- Texas State Historical Association: Colored Farmers’ Alliance ↗