Five Views: An Ethnic Historic Site Survey for California

Contents

Introduction
A.M.E. Church
Education
Industry
Farming
Business
Associations
Noted Individuals

Historic Sites
Selected References

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Booker T. Washington Community Service Center
San Francisco

The Booker T. Washington Community Service Center in the city of San Francisco is a 14,000-square-foot building with a gymnasium, offices, and club rooms on the first floor. On the second level is a club room, a kitchen, and a lounge with a fire place. The southeastern side of the building has a 90-x-90-foot play area and a parking lot.

The Booker T. Washington Community Service Center, Inc. was established in 1919 in San Francisco by Black women who were concerned about the virtual absence of social services available to Black military personnel and their families. These women raised the funds to establish and operate the center's first home in a basement on Geary Street. Their support continued over the years while the center moved to Bush Street, and more recently to its present permanent home on Presidio Avenue. Mrs. Emma Scott Jones, a daughter of one of the center's charter members, is still active on its Board of Directors.

After the immediate postwar needs has passed, the Booker T. Washington Community Service Center's Board of Directors changed the center's function. They responded to the community's needs by offering a broad range of services to both youths and adults in the Western Addition area of San Francisco.

Booker T. Washington Community Service Center, San Francisco

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