Brotherhood of Liberty

Established June 2, 1885, in Baltimore, Maryland, the Mutual United Brotherhood of Liberty (known as the Brotherhood of Liberty) sought to remove social injustices and protect the civil rights of the black minority by fighting against the strictures of the Jim Crow Era.

[1] The Brotherhood of Liberty used legal means to protect the civil rights of African American people.

The Brotherhood of Liberty created schools for the black community and were pioneers in assisting colored people in getting a better education, being united, and improving their standard of living.

In 1885, Everett Waring, council member of the Brotherhood of Liberty, became the first black attorney to practice law in the Maryland court system.

In 1888 at Irving Park, the Brotherhood celebrated the removal of the word "white" from statute books of Maryland.