Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities' League

Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities' League, Association Universelle pour l'Amélioration de la Race Nègre et Société des Collectivités Africaines
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Founded: 1914
Sources: HB 1931, HB 1936, HB 1938

Officers

Executive Council (HB 1931) Le Comité exécutif (HB 1936) Executive Council (HB 1938)

Seats

Object

To establish a universal confraternity among the race; to promote the spirit of pride and love; to reclaim the fallen; to administer to and assist the needy; to assist in civilising the backward tribes of Africa; to assist the development of independent negro nations and communities; to establish commissionaries or agencies in the principal countries and cities of the world for the represenation and protection of all negroes, irrespective of nationality; to promote a conscientious spiritual worship among the native tribes of Africa; to establish unversities, colleges, academies and schools for the racial education and culture of the people; to conduct a world-wide commercial and industrial intercourse for the good of the people; to conduct a worldwide commercial and industrial intercourse for the good of the people; to work for better conditions in all negro communities. (HB 1931) Etablir une fraternité universelle parmi les races; encourager l'esprit de fierté et d'amour; relever ceux qui tombent; venir en aide aux nécessiteux; contribuer à civiliser les tribus arriérées de l'Afrique; aider au développement des nations et collectivités nègres indépendantes ; établir des commissaires ou des agences dans les principaux pays et villes du monde pour représenter et protéger tous les nègres, quelle que soit leur nationalité; propager le culte de la spiritualité consciente parmi les tribus indigènes de l'Afrique; créer des universités et des collèges, des académies et des écoles en vue de l'éducation et de la culture ethniques des peuples; entretenir des relations commerciales et industrielles mondiales dans l'intérêt des peuples; s'efforcer d'améliorer les conditions de toutes les collectivités nègres. (HB 1936) To establish a universal confraternity among the race; to promote the spirit of pride and love; to reclaim the fallen; to administer to and assist the needy; to assist in civilising the backward tribes of Africa ; to assist in the development of independent negro nations and communities; to establish commissionaires or agencies in the principal countries and cities of the world for the representation and protection of all negroes, irrespective of nationality; to promote a conscientious spiritual worship among the native tribes of Africa : to establish universities, colleges, academies and schools for the racial education and culture of the people; to conduct a world-wide commercial and industrial intercourse for the good of the people; to work for better conditions in all negro commu¬ nities. (HB 1938)

Finances

Monthly subscriptions of 1/6 from each member. Each member receives a Death Benefit of 15 Pound. Annual expenditure at Headquarters amounts to about pound 3,000. (HB 1931) Cotisation mensuelle de 1/6 par membre. La famille de tout membre décédé reçoit une allocation mortuaire de £15. Les dépenses annuelles au siège central s'élèvent à environ £3.000. (HB 1936) Monthly subscriptions of 1/6 from each member. Each member receives a Death Benefit of £15. Annual expenditure at Headquarters amounts to about £3,000. (HB 1938)

Publications

"Blackman Daily Paper" in Kingston, Jamaica; "Negro World Weekly Publication" in New York (HB 1931) Blackman (hebdomadaire), Londres, Angleterre, et le Negro World Weekly Publication, à New-York (HB 1936) Blackman (weekly), London, England, and the Negro World Weekly Publication. New York. (HB 1938)

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