Timeline: 1943
March 26: The Serviceman’s Center was established in two rooms in the basement of the old Lawhead School because Black soldiers at Chanute Field were denied access to the USO on the base. A drive was also launched to purchase land for a center. The committee was as follows: Raymond Scott (chair), Cecil D. Nelson, Homer L. Chavis, Charles Pettiford, and Alvin Foxwell. Land was purchased at the corner of 6th Street and Grove Street.
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