The League of Women for Community Service
@lwcsboston.bsky.social
One of the oldest continuing Black women's service organizations in the United States. Please consider a donation today! http://lwcsboston.org/donate #Preservation #Boston #HERstory #Blackhistory #LWCSArchive
We had the best time at the Mass Coalition’s Chester Square Neighborhood Festival this weekend! We saw many old friends and new faces who were eager to updates hear about the League's restoration and history in Boston. Fun time! #SouthEnd #communitty #Boston #Preservation
September 30, 2025 at 1:31 AM
We had the best time at the Mass Coalition’s Chester Square Neighborhood Festival this weekend! We saw many old friends and new faces who were eager to updates hear about the League's restoration and history in Boston. Fun time! #SouthEnd #communitty #Boston #Preservation
Cast stone restoration loading! This week we saw multiple samples of cast stone to determine the best match for the natural brownstone. Stone by stone, our headquarters at 558 Massachusetts Ave is coming back! #Preservation #Boston #BlackHistory
July 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Cast stone restoration loading! This week we saw multiple samples of cast stone to determine the best match for the natural brownstone. Stone by stone, our headquarters at 558 Massachusetts Ave is coming back! #Preservation #Boston #BlackHistory
Great time hosting committee members from the Henderson Foundation and Legacy Funds @LWCSBoston this afternoon! It was a inquisitive, thoughtful and super friendly group!#Preservation #BlackHistory #Boston #HERstory
May 31, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Great time hosting committee members from the Henderson Foundation and Legacy Funds @LWCSBoston this afternoon! It was a inquisitive, thoughtful and super friendly group!#Preservation #BlackHistory #Boston #HERstory
Congratulations to the 2025 Sarah-Ann Shaw/Maria L. Baldwin Scholarship Award Winners! #thefutureisbright👩🏽🎓😎💐
May 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Congratulations to the 2025 Sarah-Ann Shaw/Maria L. Baldwin Scholarship Award Winners! #thefutureisbright👩🏽🎓😎💐
Yes! Lois Mailou Jones was part of a youth program @lwcsboston.bsky.social. She is featured in the center with the dark shirt.
April 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Yes! Lois Mailou Jones was part of a youth program @lwcsboston.bsky.social. She is featured in the center with the dark shirt.
Honored to present about the legacy of the US Black women’s club movement, “A Broad Band of Sisterhood: the Women’s Era and The League of Women for Community Service,” at the Chicago Women’s History conference this weekend. #womenshistorymonth #HerStory #LWCSArchive #Boston #Chicago #blackhistory
March 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Honored to present about the legacy of the US Black women’s club movement, “A Broad Band of Sisterhood: the Women’s Era and The League of Women for Community Service,” at the Chicago Women’s History conference this weekend. #womenshistorymonth #HerStory #LWCSArchive #Boston #Chicago #blackhistory
Rest in Power 🙏🏽❤️✊🏾 #womenshistorymonth
March 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Rest in Power 🙏🏽❤️✊🏾 #womenshistorymonth
Pioneers of Black musical theater! 🎶 Anna Madah & Emma Louise Hyers, known as the "the Hyers Sisters," broke barriers with groundbreaking plays like "Out of Bondage." Aligned with writer #PaulineHopkins, their voices & stories paved the way for generations. #WomensHistoryMonth #MusicalTheater
March 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Pioneers of Black musical theater! 🎶 Anna Madah & Emma Louise Hyers, known as the "the Hyers Sisters," broke barriers with groundbreaking plays like "Out of Bondage." Aligned with writer #PaulineHopkins, their voices & stories paved the way for generations. #WomensHistoryMonth #MusicalTheater
From #Boston Latin School to the battlefields of Word War I, Addie Waites Hunton's life was a testament to courage and activism. Born in 1866, Hutton became an educator, suffragist, YMCA staff-assigned World War I worker and NAACP leader. #WomensHistoryMonth #CivilRights #Suffrage #LWCSArchive
March 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
From #Boston Latin School to the battlefields of Word War I, Addie Waites Hunton's life was a testament to courage and activism. Born in 1866, Hutton became an educator, suffragist, YMCA staff-assigned World War I worker and NAACP leader. #WomensHistoryMonth #CivilRights #Suffrage #LWCSArchive
A child prodigy from NH, Helen Eugenia Hagan became the 1st Black woman to earn a Yale Music degree in 1912. She composed a stunning Piano Concerto and was a dedicated WWII entertainer. Her legacy of scholarship, service and musical genius lives on! #WommensHistoryMonth #WomenInMusic #YaleMusic
March 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
A child prodigy from NH, Helen Eugenia Hagan became the 1st Black woman to earn a Yale Music degree in 1912. She composed a stunning Piano Concerto and was a dedicated WWII entertainer. Her legacy of scholarship, service and musical genius lives on! #WommensHistoryMonth #WomenInMusic #YaleMusic
Empress Zewditu of Ethiopia reigned from 1916 to 1930. She was the 1st modern-era female head of a nation in Africa. A conservative, she promoted the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, built numerous churches and temples, ended slavery there and led the Empire into the League of Nations. #BlackHistoryMonth
February 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Empress Zewditu of Ethiopia reigned from 1916 to 1930. She was the 1st modern-era female head of a nation in Africa. A conservative, she promoted the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, built numerous churches and temples, ended slavery there and led the Empire into the League of Nations. #BlackHistoryMonth
The daughter of formerly enslaved parents, Florence Mills' talents blossomed after a move to Harlem. Her song “I’m a Little Blackbird Looking for a Bluebird” from the show 'Dixie to Broadway' was seen as an anthem for racial equality—the "bluebird" represented freedom & happiness. #BlackHistorymonth
February 20, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The daughter of formerly enslaved parents, Florence Mills' talents blossomed after a move to Harlem. Her song “I’m a Little Blackbird Looking for a Bluebird” from the show 'Dixie to Broadway' was seen as an anthem for racial equality—the "bluebird" represented freedom & happiness. #BlackHistorymonth
Fighting in a segregated army in Puerto Rico, the all-Black Company L served with the 6th Mass. Regimental Nat'l Guard in the Spanish-America War of 1898. The men suffered from diseases like malaria & yellow fever despite erroneous beliefs then that Black troops were immune. #BlackHistoryMonth
February 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Fighting in a segregated army in Puerto Rico, the all-Black Company L served with the 6th Mass. Regimental Nat'l Guard in the Spanish-America War of 1898. The men suffered from diseases like malaria & yellow fever despite erroneous beliefs then that Black troops were immune. #BlackHistoryMonth
After escaping bondage, Lewis & Harriet Hayden came to #Boston & became the center of the abolition movement there, forcefully protecting freedom seekers in their Beacon Hill home. Upon death, their entire estate went to an endowed education scholarship for Black ppl. #BlackHistoryMonth #LWCSArchive
February 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
After escaping bondage, Lewis & Harriet Hayden came to #Boston & became the center of the abolition movement there, forcefully protecting freedom seekers in their Beacon Hill home. Upon death, their entire estate went to an endowed education scholarship for Black ppl. #BlackHistoryMonth #LWCSArchive
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson began dancing in saloons at 6. A tap dancer known for his elegance, he became the top paid Black entertainer in the US in the 1st half of the 20th century, often performing w/ Shirley Temple. Despite racist roles, he transformed his art form #BlackHistoryMonth #LWCSArchive
February 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson began dancing in saloons at 6. A tap dancer known for his elegance, he became the top paid Black entertainer in the US in the 1st half of the 20th century, often performing w/ Shirley Temple. Despite racist roles, he transformed his art form #BlackHistoryMonth #LWCSArchive
Eva B. Dykes attended M Street H.S. School and went on to graduate Summa Cum Laude from @HowardU in 1914. Required to get another B.A. from @Harvard to achieve a masters, she earned both by 1917. In 1921, she became the 1st Black woman in the U.S. to earn a Ph.D. #BlackHistoryMonth #LWCSArchive
February 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Eva B. Dykes attended M Street H.S. School and went on to graduate Summa Cum Laude from @HowardU in 1914. Required to get another B.A. from @Harvard to achieve a masters, she earned both by 1917. In 1921, she became the 1st Black woman in the U.S. to earn a Ph.D. #BlackHistoryMonth #LWCSArchive
In 1911, Addison Scurlock opened Scurlock Photographic Studio in Wash. DC. He & his sons would build one of the top Black photo studios in the U.S. Known for portraiture, he is famous for depicting Black life in DC, W.E.B. DuBois & Marian Anderson on Lincoln Memorial. #BlackHistoryMonth #LWCSArchive
February 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
In 1911, Addison Scurlock opened Scurlock Photographic Studio in Wash. DC. He & his sons would build one of the top Black photo studios in the U.S. Known for portraiture, he is famous for depicting Black life in DC, W.E.B. DuBois & Marian Anderson on Lincoln Memorial. #BlackHistoryMonth #LWCSArchive
Born to an enslaved woman and her master, Victoria E. Matthews found new beginnings in NYC where she got an education working as a maid. She became a journalist, fiction writer & an activist who fought for the well-being of Black women migrants from the South with support services #BlackHistoryMonth
February 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Born to an enslaved woman and her master, Victoria E. Matthews found new beginnings in NYC where she got an education working as a maid. She became a journalist, fiction writer & an activist who fought for the well-being of Black women migrants from the South with support services #BlackHistoryMonth
Son of a poet & an engineer, Allan Crite was a long-time resident of #Boston's South End neighborhood. An @SMFAatTufts grad, his art often showed daily life in the Black community. Highly awarded, @LWCSBoston & @museummodernart.bsky.social hosted exhibits on his work #BlackHistoryMonth #LWCSArchive
February 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Son of a poet & an engineer, Allan Crite was a long-time resident of #Boston's South End neighborhood. An @SMFAatTufts grad, his art often showed daily life in the Black community. Highly awarded, @LWCSBoston & @museummodernart.bsky.social hosted exhibits on his work #BlackHistoryMonth #LWCSArchive
Inspiring time this morning at the MLK Memorial Breakfast with iconic Civil Rights Leader Angela Davis. " We are strong and on the right side of history."
January 21, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Inspiring time this morning at the MLK Memorial Breakfast with iconic Civil Rights Leader Angela Davis. " We are strong and on the right side of history."
Sending warm wishes for a holiday season filled with love, happiness, and cherished moments with family and friends. ❤️
December 26, 2024 at 12:57 AM
Sending warm wishes for a holiday season filled with love, happiness, and cherished moments with family and friends. ❤️
Amazing night of presentations with @nu_africanastudies Black Feminism Studies Service Learning course & the incomparable @reineayiti. Thanks to our wonderful students who studied & created accessible learning material on the powerful women affiliated @lwcsboston! #blackfeminism #knowledgeispower
December 3, 2024 at 12:11 PM
Amazing night of presentations with @nu_africanastudies Black Feminism Studies Service Learning course & the incomparable @reineayiti. Thanks to our wonderful students who studied & created accessible learning material on the powerful women affiliated @lwcsboston! #blackfeminism #knowledgeispower