North Carolina Federation of Negro Women’s Clubs
Photograph: Sixtieth Anniversary Convention of the North Carolina Federation of Negro Women’s Clubs, Page 27.

In 1895, Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin issued a national call that served to organize the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs. Founded in 1909 by Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown, Minnie S. Pearson, Cottie Dancy Moore, Maggie Jones, and Julia M. Warren, the North Carolina Federation of Negro Women's Clubs is an outgrowth of the National Association - a social service organization focused on issues that affect women, children, and communities of color in North Carolina.

The group still meets regularly and many of the materials date from the most recent conference. This exhibit contains materials relating the organization’s statewide activities, including conferences, fundraisers, and service activities.

The group’s motto, “Lifting as we climb,” helps to illustrate the philosophy that drove the generations of women who participated in the Federation’s various clubs throughout the state. Members fostered the importance and value of human life and the constant desire for acceptance and worth.

The issues that are closest to the heart of the NC Federation include fundraising for educational scholarships, providing Braille resources for the blind, raising awareness for sickle cell disease and HIV-AIDS, advocating for children, youth and senior citizens, and supporting the NAACP.

These items, collected in a new exhibit, document more than 60 years of the organization’s existence. The batch includes several conference programs, highlighting the activities and people who embodied the “Lifting as We Climb” motto. Several highlights from this collection are listed at the links below:

The Annual Report of the North Carolina State Federation of Negro Women’s Clubs [1949]
Fiftieth Anniversary Convention of the North Carolina Federation of Negro Women’s Clubs
Constitution and By-Laws of North Carolina Federation of Negro Women’s Clubs, Young Adult and Youth Clubs, Inc.
Post Convention Issue [2015]
Lifting as We Climb (Club Song)
The Federation Journal

To learn more about North Carolina Central University and to see all of their contributions to the site, please visit their contributor page or the website. To see more items like these, browse the North Carolina Memory Collection or the North Carolina Newspaper Collection.

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