Wabash Avenue YMCA

CTL-E-0226 · Address · 20th century–present

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YMCA at 3763 S. Wabash Ave associated with organizing the movement that launched Negro History Week in 1926.

The record

Also known as: 3763 South Wabash Avenue

Relationships

Bronzeville — located in
The Wabash Avenue YMCA at 3763 S. Wabash Avenue, the 1913 building that hosted the organizing of Negro History Week, is a Bronzeville landmark.

Referenced by

First Negro History Week — held at → this record

Sources

Wabash YMCA preservation site (trcwabash.org)
Wikipedia: Wabash Avenue YMCA

Record CTL-E-0226 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: Verified · CTL research: PLACE-001, GLOBAL-001, INST-001.
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Negro grocery store, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Rosskam, Edwin, 1903-1985, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Shoeshine, 47th Street, Chicago's main Negro business street, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Rosskam, Edwin, 1903-1985, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Where the Negro and white sections on the South Side meet, the white and Negro children sometimes play together, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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