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1944 - Opening of Excelsior Club

September, 1944:

  • The Excelsior Club, [1] established on Beatties Ford Road by James "Jimmie" McKee, serves as a social and political gathering place for many of the city's black leaders in the late 1940s and throughout the decades to come.
  • Original Excelsior Club Excelsior Club Board of Directors [2], 1944: Reuben McKissick, Samuel Moore, Harry Mills, Harry Plater, Arthur Bass, and Roy Perry
Event Date: 
September, 1944
Event Type: 
World War II 1941-1945
Exhibit & Section: 
African American Album Volume 2 [3]
Main Image: 
Excelsior Club, 1944
Left to right: Reuben McKissick, Samuel Moore, Harry Mills, Harry Plater, Arthur Bass, and Roy Perry
Node Order: 
40
Tags: 
African American Album 2 - Events Timeline [4]
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Event Date Field: 
Thursday, December 21, 2017
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[1] https://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/images/4a.gif [2] https://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/images/4b.gif [3] https://www.cmstory.org/exhibits/african-american-album-volume-2 [4] https://www.cmstory.org/tags/african-american-album-2-events-timeline