YMCA work with and by blacks began in 1853 when Anthony Bowen established the first ""colored"" association in Washington D.C. As Anthony Bowen's work in the 1850s indicates, African Americans embraced the YMCA early on. By the late 1860s, the YMCA found a firm foothold in the community with associations established in New York City, Philadelphi...
Creator:
National Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of America. Colored Work Department.
Created:
1891 - 1892
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
This folder contains pamphlets and booklets published or collected by the YMCA of the USA reflecting the broad and evolving nature of YMCA programs and activities over the years. This folder specifically contains the pamphlet "The Races of Mankind," by Ruth Benedict and Gene Weltfish. This pamphlet was designed to be sent off with World War II s...
Contributor:
Kautz Family YMCA Archives, compiler.
Created:
1943
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
