Hallie Q. Brown Community Center
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In 1914 the Union Hall Association was created to meet the needs of the growing black community and to improve relationships with the white community. It built the Hallie Q. Brown Community House between Mackubin and Kent to house its programs. The facility became the second-largest neighborhood center in Saint Paul, nurturing youth and providing a gathering place for African Americans. Later, the name was changed to the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center and a larger facility was built. Today the center includes the Martin Luther King Recreation Center and the nationally acclaimed Penumbra Theatre.
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Hallie Q. Brown Center
Miss Hallie Q. Brown and Mr. Popularity contest. Pictured: Roger Anderson, Roberta Bruce, Don Doty, Janice Duke, Carlos Moffet, Wallie Pettiford, and Paul Starks. Photographer: Peter Schawang Date: Approximately 1956 Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society
Golden Agers playing chess at Hallie Q. Brown Center
Date: Approximately 1955 Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society
Hallie Q. Brown Center
Children on gym bleachers. Photographer: Robert S. Ihrig Date: Approximately 1948 Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society
Hallie Q. Brown Center
Square Dance Date: 1952 Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society