Semper Fidelis Club

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The Semper Fidelis Club is a social club for African-American women founded in 1900 by Mamie Fowlkes, Pearl Johnson and Anna Parker as a literary club affiliated of the Alabama Federation of Colored Women's Club. The club has since expanded its mission to promote its members' participation in the civic and cultural life of Birmingham.

The group has contributed toward Children's Home Hospital and Holy Family Hospital, to retire the debts of the Alabama Penny Savings Bank, to fund college scholarships, and to support the YMCA, Community Chest, Miles College, and the NAACP. It has also hosted visiting celebrities and organized lectures and presentations to keep its members informed on political and cultural affairs. The club's major annual programs were hosted at 16th Street Baptist Church.

In 2010 club historian Dannetta K. Thornton Owens donated the group's historical records to the Birmingham Public Library archives.

References

  • "Semper Fidelis Club, Celebrates 110 Years" (May 13, 2010) Birmingham Times
  • Wolfson, Hannah (May 15, 2010) "Birmingham black women's clubs open historic door." Birmingham News