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YMCA Black Country Group company history timeline

1910

The establishment of Black Ys received a boost from a pledge in 1910 by Julius Rosenwald [see image at right], president of Sears Roebuck Company, to donate $25,000 to any African American urban community that could raise $75,000 for the construction of a Y facility.

1948

Leo Marsh adopted Mease's program at the Harlem YMCA of New York, where it grew to national prominence. [Photo at left: Dodgers baseball players Roy Campanella and Jackie Robinson with members of the Harlem YMCA. The two men started jobs as physical directors at the YMCA in November 1948.]

1953

In 1953, Russell N. Service, Executive Director of the Bedford Branch YMCA in Brooklyn, led a brief walk-out from a national meeting of the Association of YMCA Secretaries (AOS) to protest the organization's prejudice and lack of involvement of African American professional staff.

1997

In 1997, the YMCA initiated its Strong Communities Agenda, focusing on providing programs serving low-income, under-served, and disadvantaged communities.

2003

In addition to adding information on relevant events after 2003, in some cases language was changed to reflect more current and respectful terminology (e.g. “enslaved people” rather than “slaves”).

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