The Douglass Activity Center represents more than just a new community center. “Today, history is preserved in the Black community and for all citizens of Manhattan,” Dave Baker, director of the Douglass Center, said on Thursday at the opening of the activity center. The facility is on Yuma Street, an important part of town for Manhattan’s Black community. The history began with the establishment of the Bethel A.M.E. Church by the Exodusters — Black migrants to Kansas — in 1879 and includes the Douglass School, which served as the local school for Black elementary school students prior to desegregation.
Source: themercury.com
