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by Jae Jones - June 21, 2023 0 7

The first Black Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) was organized in 1853. It was founded by Anthony Bowen, a freed slave and lasted through the Civil War. When the YMCA movement began in the United States in 1851, Black men were excluded from membership because of local segregation practices. ...

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