The Supreme Circle, booklet, ca. 1920s to 1930s

Description:	“The Supreme Circle.” Presumably, this is a South Bend chapter of the Supreme Royal Circle of Friends of the World, also known as the Royal Circle of Friends, which was an African American fraternal organization that began in Arkansas in 1909 and grew popular throughout the United States before the second World War (see citation). The booklets contain a list of officers (including George Woolridge, John Frazer, and B.G. Smith). (citation: Carolyn Yancey Kent, “Supreme Royal Circle of Friends of the World,” Encyclopedia of Arkansas History, accessed December 17, 2014, http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry‐detail.aspx?entryID=5861.)
Origin:	ca. 1930s
Source:	http://michianamemory.sjcpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16827coll4/id/2811
Collection:	Civil Rights and African American History
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Subjects:	African Americans--Indiana--South Bend Clubs--Indiana--South Bend

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