| 1. |  | Horace Cayton in this office at Parkway Community House, 1941 | Offices; Community centers; Men; Desks; Books; Paper; Windows; Baskets; Minorities; | Hired in 1939 as director of Good Shepherd Community Center, Cayton supervised its move to new quarters at 5120 S. Parkway (now King Drive), and suggested that the name of the institution be changed to... |
| 2. |  | Women's Army Corps (WAC) Band, 1944 | Military bands; Musicians; Women; Big bands; Musical instruments; Wind instruments; Drums; Minorities; Ethnic groups; | Women musicians were also drafted during World War II. This all-Black WAC band, formed at an Iowa army post, played at a war bond drive at State and Madison. The band also played jazz at Servicemen's Center... |
