page_title: Oklahoma Federation of Colored Women's Clubs
hierarchical_section_title: Oklahoma Federation of Colored Women's Clubs
caption_attribution_description: English: A purple silk banner with gold fringe created for the Oklahoma Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. The message "OKLAHOMA / FEDERATION / OF / COLORED WOMEN / 1910" is painted across the banner in large gold letters. The bottom of the banner is scalloped and has an attached length of fringe. The top of the banner has a sewn loop running its length for a rod (2010.2.2b) to be inserted. There is a strip of gold fringe sewn just below this loop. The rod is currently stored in place in the banner. It is painted gold at the ends and has two carved wooden finial painted gold. 2010.2.2c is attached to the rod and 2010.2.2d is detached.
context_page_description: The Oklahoma Federation of Colored Women's Clubs was formed in 1910 under the name the Oklahoma Federation of Negro Women's Clubs. The name was changed in 1924. An early leader of the OFCWC was Drusilla Dunjee Houston.
  The OFCWC protested lynching in 1911. They endorsed woman's suffrage in 1914. They advocated for employment of African-American teachers in 1957.
  The banner used by the Oklahoma Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs is in the collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture and is on view there.
context_section_description: The Oklahoma Federation of Colored Women's Clubs (OFCWC) was formed in 1910 under the name the Oklahoma Federation of Negro Women's Clubs. The name was changed in 1924. An early leader of the OFCWC was Drusilla Dunjee Houston.
  The OFCWC protested lynching in 1911. They endorsed woman's suffrage in 1914. They advocated for employment of African-American teachers in 1957. 
  The banner used by the Oklahoma Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs is in the collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture and is on view there.
caption: Banner used by the Oklahoma Federation of Colored Women's Clubs
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