Southeast Side Civic League Headquarters
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10022680
Description
Southeast Side Civic League headquarters building, at 2301 Evans Avenue in Fort Worth, with a sign above the doors reading "Civic League Headquarters;" undated [ca. 1956-1959]. A separate sign to the left reads "United We Stand to Keep Morningside White, Sponsored by Southeast Side Civic League." The building was formerly owned by the Calgary Assembly of God church. The Southeast Side Civic League, organized in 1947, was designed to serve the area south of Lancaster and east of Evans Avenue. The League's objective was to "promote civic pride within the area, and to seek street improvements, better sewerage, more lights and bus service and segregation of white and Negro residential districts."
Archival Date
1956-1959 (Approximately)
Collection Name
Margaret B. Carter Papers
Collection Number
AR239-15-7
Language
English
Original Format
Prints, Black & White
File Format
JPG
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