Lake County museum hosts special Booker T. Washington Club exhibit
A special exhibit featuring the Booker T. Washington Progressive Club will be on display Jan. 19 through Feb. 24, at the Dunn Museum, 1899 W. Winchester Road, Libertyville.
The club was an African American-led civic organization located in Zion from 1936-1982 to unite individuals "interested in promoting the cause of good citizenship, better civic relations and any topic that improved local relationships."
The club was named for Booker T. Washington, the founder of the Tuskegee Institute, an African-American college in Alabama. Membership was open to all and people joined from communities from Racine, Wisconsin to Maywood.
The collection and exhibition is available to research by appointment at (847) 968-3400.
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