Bronzeville’s historic Wabash YMCA set for another restoration, courtesy of federal grant The renovations will focus on a pool, a gym, various meeting rooms and reviving a decades-old mural in ...

An historic YMCA building in Bronzeville is getting $50,000 to help preserve its place in telling the African American story. Why it matters: The Wabash Avenue YMCA at 3763 S. Wabash was a ...

A visit to the Wabash Avenue YMCA, known as the birthplace of Black History Month 02:43. CHICAGO (CBS) -- We begin our celebration of Black History Month at its birthplace in the Bronzeville ...

The seeds of Black History Month were sown more than 100 years ago in the South Side YMCA at 3763 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago. Carter G. Woodson, a University of Chicago alum, was staying in a room at ...

CHICAGO — The former Historic Wabash YMCA was built in 1911 and finished in 1913. It was largely financed by Julius Rosenwald, the President of Sears Roebuck, and was the first YMCA for African ...

“It was a place of solitude during the Chicago race riot of 1919. It was a safe space. It was a place where all the Black stockyard workers were able to come pick up their paychecks,” Thomas said.

The former Wabash Avenue YMCA of Chicago in Bronzeville houses the Renaissance Collaborative, a social services organization founded in 1992 to save the landmark from being demolished. The former ...

NPS' African American Civil Rights grant program is supporting interior work at the historic Wabash Avenue YMCA, which also has ties to Chicago's sports history and a pre-eminent Sears executive's ...

Black History Month, which has Chicago roots, has faced resistance from the start Photographs of the Wabash YMCA, Negro History Week and Carter G. Woodson. Collage by Maggie Sivit ...

Since the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago was founded nearly 166 years ago, workforce development and economic equity have been twin pillars in our mission to strengthen the community by connecting ...

The YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago is excited to announce the appointment of Adam M. Alonso as its next President and Chief Executive Officer. Alonso, a respected leader with more than 30 years of ...

Black History Month traces origins to a Chicago YMCA 02:53. The seeds of Black History Month were planted on Chicago's South Side, in a former YMCA known as the Wabash Y.