Title	[Portrait of Atty. J. Kenneth Lee]
Date	Undated
Subject headings	Greensboro (N.C.) -- History -- 20th century YMCA of the USA
Topics	Hayes-Taylor YMCA
Place	Greensboro (N.C.)
Description	Portrait of Atty. J. Kenneth Lee that hung in the second floor gellery of the original Hayes-Taylor YMCA building on East Market Street prior to the relocation of the YMCA in 2015.
Type	Image
Original format	photographs
Original publisher	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Contributing institution	Hayes-Taylor YMCA
Contact Information	2630 E Florida Street Greensboro, NC 27401 336.272.2131 http://hayestaylorymca.org/
Source collection	CC015 Hayes-Taylor YMCA Archives
Collection description	This collection of photographs and documents various periods in the history of the Hayes-Taylor Memorial YMCA In Greensboro. Hayes-Taylor began as a collegiate YMCA facility on what is now the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University campus in the 1920s. In 1932, J. F. Johnson Jr. and others opened a Y “for Negro Men and Boys” in the basement of the Carnegie Library at nearby Bennett College. By 1937 Greensboro’s Community Chest was funding the rent for meeting rooms above Oddfellows Hall, at 505 E. Market. The YMCA’s importance to Greensboro and the African-American community in particular became evident in 1938, when Ceasar Cone II donated $65,000 for new facility; the black community raised $5,000 to purchase land at the corner of Bennett and East Market Streets. The new building opened on December 31, 1939, named for Cone servants, Andrew Taylor and Sallie Hayes. During World War II Hayes-Taylor, as well as Central YMCA, provided segregated recreation and lodging for servicemen at the local Army Air Corps base. In 1955 J. Spencer Love, founder of Burlington Industries, gave $50,000 for a swimming pool, which opened in 1956. During the turbulent 1960s, Hayes-Taylor played a key role in the Civil Rights movement. The sit-ins at the Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro became a significant national event, and Hayes-Taylor was an important location, hosting meetings and speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rev. Jesse Jackson and others. In 1965 the Greensboro YMCA Board of Directors finally eliminated white-only membership at Central, and black-only membership requirement at Hayes-Taylor. Hayes-Taylor continued to expand its membership and in 1984 it started a fund raising campaign to renovate the building. This newly renovated building had its grand re-opening in 1992. By 2013, however, the decision was made to relocate to a site which would offer much more parking, accessibility, and future expansion possibilities. A $11 million campaign for a new state-of-the art facility was launched, and on October 23, 2013, groundbreaking for a new building in Barber Park was held. The YMCA relocated to the new 55,000-square-foot facility in January, 2015 . On loan from contributor. UNCG does not hold a physical copy of this item.
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Additional rights information	IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the contributing institution for permission to reuse.
Object ID	CC015.081
Digital access format	Image/jpeg
Digital publisher	The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5305 -- http://library.uncg.edu/
Sponsor	Institute of Museum and Library Services Sparks! Ignition Grants For Libraries: http://www.imls.gov/applicants/detail.aspx?GrantId=19
OCLC number	925375830

[Portrait of Atty. J. Kenneth Lee]

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