The Elks, undated. Anthony Sykes, Exalted Ruler; Richard E. Edwards, General Chairman; John N. Biglow, Housing; Daisy Hughey, Finance; Louis Gray, Finance; Ruth Ray, Entertainment. This photograph comes from the Doris K. Wylie Hoskins Archive. Please add additional information about this photograph.The Elks, undated. Lerry Hess, treasurer; John Dixon, Entertainment; Yancy Smith, courtesy; Thomas Bishop, marching clubs; J.J. Lewis, esteemed leading knight; Earnest Allen, street parade. This photograph comes from the Doris K. Wylie Hoskins Archive. Please add additional information about this photograph.

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The Elks, University Lodge, number 619, was an African-American chapter of the national Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, the largest predominantly African-American fraternal organization in the world.

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The Elks, undated. Row 1: Raymond Scott, Dawson Banks, Mr. McKinley, Nathaniel Banks, Pete Kelker, unknown, Theoto Bowles, Millard Gray, Richard Edwards; Row 2: Garland Boddie, George Pope, Charles Martin, unknown, Clarence Taylor, Arthur Evans, Fritz Pettiford, Kenneth Stratton; Row 3: Cecil Pope, Sr., Howard Gray, Raymond Scott, Jr., unkonwn, Albert McKinley, John Russell White.