YWCA

By Frank Gerard Godlewski for Montclair Local Montclair is a triumphal legacy of architecture and design, fittingly called in 1922, “the finest suburban town in the United States… the splendid mountainside, which has inspired the architect and the landscape artist to noble effort and glorious achievement.” This patri...

By Jaimie Julia Winters winters@montclairlocal.news Montclair’s Young Men’s Christian Association and Young Women’s Christian Association were both founded by leaders in the African American community to foster character, physical health and intellect. In the early 190...

Black history is the subject for a screening off “A Place to Become: Montclair Through the Eyes of the Glenridge Avenue YWCA Women (1920-1965)” on Feb. 18.