# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Talks@EHC Gatherings: The History and Activities of the Emerson Street Branch YMCA
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 04 Feb, 2026 at 12:30 am
- **Event Description**: This is an IN PERSON event at the Evanston History Center, 225 Greenwood. It will also be livestreamed on Facebook Live for those who cannot make it in person.

The Emerson Street Branch YMCA served as a segregated facility for fifty-five years in Evanston, Illinois, providing activities and services during the era of Jim Crow. Known locally as the Emerson Y, this branch not only served the local Black community but fast became the place to be. It served as a community meeting space for numerous organizations and congregations and provided needed social services. Its closing in 1969 and the eventual destruction of the building left a collective open wound within the community, while its history began to fade with each passing decade.

Join us as Gatherings author and founder of Shorefront Legacy Center Dino Robinson shares his in depth research into the Emerson Y’s establishment, impactful history, the path to its closing and demolition, and the current resolve of the Evanston Y towards healing.

FREE event, please RSVP.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/evanston-illinois/talks-ehc-gatherings-the-history-and-activities-of-the-emerson-street-branch-ymca/200029558135856
- **Event Categories**: meetups, art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 6

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Evanston, Illinois
- **location**: Online event
- **full address**: Online event, 225 Greenwood St, Evanston, IL 60201-4713, United States, Evanston, Illinois

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Talks@EHC Gatherings: The History and Activities of the Emerson Street Branch YMCA being held?
  - **A:** Talks@EHC Gatherings: The History and Activities of the Emerson Street Branch YMCA takes place on Wed, 04 Feb, 2026 at 12:30 am to Wed, 04 Feb, 2026 at 12:30 am at Online event, 225 Greenwood St, Evanston, IL 60201-4713, United States, Evanston, Illinois.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Talks@EHC Gatherings: The History and Activities of the Emerson Street Branch YMCA?
  - **A:** Talks@EHC Gatherings: The History and Activities of the Emerson Street Branch YMCA is organized by Evanston History Center.

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