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Photographer: Original photograph in the Madam C. J. Walker Collection, Indiana Historical Society
Caption: Dedication of the Senate Avenue Young Men’s Christian Association(YMCA) in Indianapolis, 1913.
Additional Description: This photograph is reproduced on the Historic Ransom Place marker in Ransom Place Pocket Park half a mile northwest off Indiana Avenue.
Caption: One of the largest segregated YMCAs in the country, the organization was central in the political education for many who lived in this community, particularly through its nationally known “Monster Meetings.” From left to right, George Knox, publisher of The Freeman (Indianapolis); Madam C. J. Walker, entrepreneur; Booker T. Washington, president of Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University); Alexander Manning, editor of the Colored World; Charles H. Bullock, Secretary, Louisville YMCA; and Thomas Taylor, Senate Avenue YMCA Secretary. Back Row: Freeman B. Ransom, attorney for the Walker Company and Dr. Joseph H. Ward.
Submitted: December 30, 2018, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
Database Locator Identification Number: p458751
File Size: 10.881 Megabytes

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