Carl O. Dickerson, Grand Secretary of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World
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Carl O. Dickerson, shown here in his fraternal regalia, was a former steel mill worker. He was installed as grand secretary by Hobson R. Reynolds and won re-election in 1972. The Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World is an African American fraternal organization established in 1897 and based on the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Photograph taken for the Kent County News possibly by Carl Duckberry.
Historical Society of Kent County
Kent County Public Library
Clifton M. Miller Library
Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience at Washington College
circa 1972Kent County Public Library
Clifton M. Miller Library
Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience at Washington College
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African American fraternal organizationsImproved, Benevolent, Protective Order of Elks of the World Kent
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