"Relations interethniques Aspect religieux Christianisme." . . "Schwarze." . . "YMCA of the USA." . . "Schwarze." . . "RELIGION Institutions & Organizations." . . "RELIGION / Institutions & Organizations" . "Negers." . . "Race relations Religious aspects Christianity." . . "Geschichte 1852-1946." . . "Geschichte 1852-1946." . . "USA Weltbund der Christlichen Vereine Junger Menschen Rassenfrage." . . "African Americans Segregation." . . "Rassenverhoudingen." . . "Noirs américains Ségrégation Histoire." . . . "\"When it emerged in the United States in 1852, the Young Men's Christian Association excluded blacks from membership in white branches but encouraged blacks to form their own associations and to join the Christian brotherhood on \"separate but equal\" terms. Light in the Darkness, the first comprehensive study of African Americans in the YMCA, is a compelling account of hope and success." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Light in the darkness : African Americans and the YMCA, 1852 - 1946" . . . . "Light in the darkness : African Americans and the YMCA, 1852-1946" . . . . . . . . . . "From the time of its emergence in the United States in 1852, the Young Men's Christian Association excluded blacks from membership in white branches but encouraged them to form their own associations and to join the Christian brotherhood on \"\"separate but equal\"\" terms. Nina Mjagkij's book, the first comprehensive study of African Americans in the YMCA, is a compelling account of hope and success in the face of adversity. African American men, faced with emasculation through lynchings, disenfranchisement, race riots, and Jim Crow laws, hoped that separate YMCAs would provide the opportunity to."@en . . . . . . . "Light in the darkness African Americans and the YMCA, 1852-1946"@en . . . . "Light in the darkness : African Americans and the Ymca, 1852-1946"@en . "Electronic books"@en . "Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of America." . . "YMCA of the USA." . . "YMCA." . . . .