Jesse White Tumbling Team

CTL-E-4112 · Organization · other · 1959-present

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Youth tumbling team founded by Jesse White in 1959 as a positive alternative for children in and around Chicago public housing; more than 18,500 young men and women have performed with the team.

Notes

RELP94 supporting entity: edge endpoints for CTL-E-0078 founded / led_by. Identity-checked against canonical entities.json 2026-10-06: no collision.

Relationships

Jesse White — led by
White founded the team in 1959 and has remained its guiding volunteer figure since.
Jesse White — founded by
The Jesse White Tumbling Team was founded by Jesse White in 1959 (inverse of CTL-REL-RELP94-0005).

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Jesse White — founded → this record

Sources

NIU Today - NIU to award honorary doctorate to Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White

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