The organizations that the KKK targeted for bloc recruitment were usually fraternal lodges and Protestant churches.
In addition to recruitment drives and alliances with fraternal lodges and Protestant churches the Klan also used controlled instances of violence to attract members.
There were also powerful black fraternal lodges and social clubs.
Of course, the fraternal lodges also allowed men to gather in a more respectable setting than the saloon.
Its customers are primarily institutional, such as Catholic churches, schools, fraternal lodges and labor unions.
In 1915, the community had a population of 104, a public school, two churches, and three fraternal lodges.
The development of black churches, fraternal lodges, and social clubs at the turn of the century gave Salt Lake City's African Americans a sense of community.
There were fewer people, and they were constantly thrown together at churches, fraternal lodges, business organizations, and country clubs.
The temple was owned jointly by three black fraternal lodges and stood as a tribute to the business capacity and enterprise of the black community in the city.
In 1915 Horton had a public school, two churches and two fraternal lodges.