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<blockquote data-quote="oldngray" data-source="post: 3412987" data-attributes="member: 45230">At one point the qualifications for membership were that one must be 21 years old, possess a good character, not be a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist" target="_blank">Communist</a> and be a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_%28U.S._Census%29" target="_blank">Caucasian</a>. By the late 1970s the all white provision had officially been rescinded, but, because the Order used the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackballing" target="_blank">blackball</a> to admit new members, it was difficult for minorities to gain membership. In 1979 the FOE tried to get a lawsuit dismissed that alleged it was violating the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964" target="_blank">Civil Rights Act of 1964</a> by not allowing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Americans" target="_blank">African Americans</a> to use their athletic facilities. The article stated that a local Eagle official could only cite <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Louis" target="_blank">Joe Louis</a> as a black member of the FOE<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraternal_Order_of_Eagles" target="_blank">Fraternal Order of Eagles - Wikipedia</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="oldngray, post: 3412987, member: 45230"] At one point the qualifications for membership were that one must be 21 years old, possess a good character, not be a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist']Communist[/URL] and be a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_%28U.S._Census%29']Caucasian[/URL]. By the late 1970s the all white provision had officially been rescinded, but, because the Order used the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackballing']blackball[/URL] to admit new members, it was difficult for minorities to gain membership. In 1979 the FOE tried to get a lawsuit dismissed that alleged it was violating the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964']Civil Rights Act of 1964[/URL] by not allowing [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Americans']African Americans[/URL] to use their athletic facilities. The article stated that a local Eagle official could only cite [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Louis']Joe Louis[/URL] as a black member of the FOE [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraternal_Order_of_Eagles"]Fraternal Order of Eagles - Wikipedia[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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