Black YMCA & YWCA Branch, 110 S. 13th Street, & the Blue Triangle
Entry/Object ID
9999.BHF.227
Scope and Content
YMCA/YWCA. The programs for the Negro branch are known as the Blue Triangle according to a newspaper article in the paper October 23, 1938. The branch occupies a house of its own at 110 South Thirteenth street and is a full program. There is a picture of the house. The article and picture is a photocopy.
St. Joseph News-Press April, 8, 1988 has an article about the Blue Triangle. The St. Joseph YWCA was celebrating it centennial. Past members were coming together to celebrate the occasion including members of the Blue Triangle--the YWCA organization for black women--which was integrated in 1956.
There is a picture of former Blue Triangle members. Sabron Guiden, Maxine Freeman, Mary Wilkerson, Virginia Glass.
"Rec center took decades to become reality", St. Joseph NewsPress, Feb. 18, 2015, column by Alonzo Weston detailing the attempt in 1928 by the Black Y.M.C.A. to establish a recreational center for youth in the area where many black citizens lived.
Collection
Black Archives
Lexicon
Search Terms
Black History, Y.W.C.A., Blue Triangle, Y.M.C.A., Black YMCA, Black YWCA
