Louisville African American YMCA

ID: 1317
This file appears in: Knights of Pythias Temple
Louisville African American YMCA

This 1908 postcard shows the African American YMCA in Louisville. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Knights of Pythias Temple

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #1662 notes the Louisville location of the Knights of Pythias Temple. Although many fraternal organizations predated the Civil War, most African Americans were not allowed to form separate chapters of these benevolent societies…