Jesse Moorland
Dublin Core
Title
Jesse Moorland
Subject
Young Men's Christian Association of North America;
Moorland, Jesse; YMCA; YMCA Hall of Fame; YMCA of Washington D.C.;
Description
Portrait photograph of Jesse Moorland. In 1892, Jesse Moorland was appointed the first general secretary of the “Colored YMCA” in Washington, D.C., working hard to maintain financial support for the association during the economic depression of 1893.
Moorland served as a church pastor in Nashville (Tenn.) and Cleveland (Ohio) for five years. From 1898 until 1923, he served on the YMCA’s national staff supporting YMCA work in African-American communities. Moorland worked with industrialists John D. Rockefeller and Julius Rosenwald to support the work of the Y in black communities.
He convinced Rosenwald, president of Sears, Roebuck and Co. to offer $25,000 to any community that could raise $75,000 for the construction of a black YMCA. Twenty-five “Rosenwald Buildings” were constructed between 1910 and 1931. Moorland then faced the challenge of staffing these YMCAs, working with Student YMCAs as a source of qualified leadership.
Moorland served as a church pastor in Nashville (Tenn.) and Cleveland (Ohio) for five years. From 1898 until 1923, he served on the YMCA’s national staff supporting YMCA work in African-American communities. Moorland worked with industrialists John D. Rockefeller and Julius Rosenwald to support the work of the Y in black communities.
He convinced Rosenwald, president of Sears, Roebuck and Co. to offer $25,000 to any community that could raise $75,000 for the construction of a black YMCA. Twenty-five “Rosenwald Buildings” were constructed between 1910 and 1931. Moorland then faced the challenge of staffing these YMCAs, working with Student YMCAs as a source of qualified leadership.
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Publisher
Springfield College
Date
1900-1920?
2010-07-20
Rights
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Relation
RG 103 YMCA Hall of Fame Papers
http://www.spfldcol.edu/homepage/library.nsf/78D4B8F1DEB9FDC38525741100498AC9/F75FFB60247BF41A85257639005F614A?OpenDocument
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YMCA-HOF
Format
Image/jpg;
Image/tiff;
Type
Image
Identifier
rg103-2000-moorland-j-portrait-01
Files
Collection
Citation
“Jesse Moorland,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 23, 2013, http://digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/12268.
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