While in New York, he became acquainted with journalist Timothy Thomas Fortune, who was in the process of organizing his National Afro-American League, designed to protect African Americans against lynching and racial discrimination.
The National Afro-American League was formed on January 25, 1890, by Timothy Thomas Fortune.
Thomas Fortune House, also known as Maple Hill, located in Red Bank, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, was the home of Timothy Thomas Fortune, a leading journalist and civil rights advocate.
When it was revived in Rochester, New York, on September 15, 1898, it had the new name of the "National Afro-American Council", with Fortune as President.
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