Interracial programs records, 1946-1980.

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Interracial programs records, 1946-1980.

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Reports, minutes, correspondence, newsletters and clippings, conference materials, and other records documenting various committees, programs, and conferences intended to monitor and promote the process of integration and the elimination of racial inequality within the YMCA, as well as to identify and address the unmet needs of African American and other non-white people served by the organization.

5.6 linear ft. (14 boxes).

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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National Board of the Young Men's Christian Associations

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Although segregation of YMCAs as a national policy ended in 1946 with the approval of a resolution by the National Council calling for the elimination of all racial discrimination, these changes were accepted and adopted to varying degrees and speeds at the local and national levels. During the next thirty to forty years, a variety of programs and committees were established to monitor and promote the process of integration and the progress of racial equality within the movement, as...

Marsh, Leo B.

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Leo Bergman Marsh was born in Camden, Alabama in 1903. Marsh began his YMCA career in 1928 in Detroit, where he served as assistant youth work secretary, transferring to the same position in Chicago in 1929. From 1930 to 1945 he was the director of two branch YMCAs, first in Toledo, Ohio and then in Columbus, Ohio. In 1945 he became associate executive secretary of the Atlantic Area. Marsh joined the National Board as director of Interracial and Counseling Services in 1948. In 1954 he had the di...

National Consultation on Interracial Work of the YMCA Columbus, Ohio 1954 :

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National Conference of Black and Non-White YMCA Laymen and Staff.

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Alexander, Jesse N.

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Jesse Nelson Alexander, Jr. was born 19 August 1928 in Somerset, Kentucky. Alexander grew up and was educated in Louisville, Kentucky, graduating from Central High School and earning his Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from Louisville Municipal College. He served as an officer for the U.S. Army during the Korean war and later pursued graduate studies at George Williams and New York University. Nearly his entire professional career was devoted to the YMCA. He started in 1946 with work a...