The United Order of Tents, a charitable fraternal organization of Black women, is at risk of losing its 19th century Bedford-Stuyvesant house over a Department of Finance vacancy assessment.

The United Order of Tents was granted a property tax exemption from the Department of Finance. That will make it easier for the oldest benefit organization for black women to survive in rapidly ...

The United Order of Tents is being ordered out of their building by the city. Ann Blandin is the deputy of the Charleston district order. She and all the members of the secretive organization are all ...

The United Order of Tents, which dates back to 1848, has ties to the Underground Railroad and a mission to care for the aged, respectfully bury the dead and promote sisterhood.

Secret benevolent society fights to save historic Brooklyn mansion 03:25. NEW YORK - A magnificent mansion stands at 87 Macdonough St. in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.Upon closer inspection, the ...

The United Order of Tents, the oldest Black women's fraternity in the country, dates back to 1847. It was created to help enslaved people using the Underground Railroad.

The women called themselves the United Order of Tents of the J.R. Giddings and Jollifee Union after two abolitionists who supported their cause. The Tents came to Charleston in 1913 and formally ...

We have been remiss in not stopping by earlier to check on progress at 196 Macon Street, where a rental building is taking shape on an empty lot formerly owned by the African American women's ...

Deal reached to save historic Bed-Stuy mansion 00:36. NEW YORK -- A deal was reached Wednesday to save the historic United Order of Tents in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.CBS2 first told you about ...