The Negro Fellowship League (NFL) Reading Room and Social Center was the first black settlement house in Chicago. It was founded by Ida B. Wells and her husband Ferdinand Barnett, and provided social services and community resources for black men arriving in Chicago from the south during the Great Migration. Resources included helping them find employment, housing, voting access, literacy and education resources, and more.[1][2]
In addition to providing resources to men arriving in the city, the Negro Fellowship League served as an office for Ida B. Wells to organize community events, spread information, and practice her activism.[3][4] It also served as the meeting location for the Alpha Suffrage Club, the suffrage organization founded by Wells to engage black women voters.[5]
Wells felt strongly that people should have access to educational resources and stay informed on issues. She owned and operated several newspapers, including the Fellowship Herald, the official newspaper for the Negro Fellowship League. The Fellowship Herald was a resource to help community members stay informed on events and issues that many white-owned papers did not cover, particularly around incidents of racially motivated violence and lynching.[6]
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^Bent-Goodley, Tricia; Snell, Cudore L.; Carlton-LaNey, Iris (2017-02-17). "Black perspectives and social work practice". Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment. 27 (1–2): 27–35. doi:10.1080/10911359.2016.1252604. ISSN 1091-1359.
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^Taylor, Julius F. (1916-01-08). "The Negro Fellowship League's Eight Annual Celebration". The Broad Ax. 6532 Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL: Julius F. Taylor. p. 4.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
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