Black community leaders in San Antonio behind evolution of Carver Community Center
Creating Black History in S.A.
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SAN ANTONIO – In the early 1900s, the building we now know as the Carver Community Center was a safe haven for Black San Antonians. The center served as a performance space for artists and musicians of the times like Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington and more.
In 1930, two local activists, John Grumbles and Charles Bellinger pushed to re-purpose the space as a library for African-Americans during segregation. It officially opened the following year as “The Colored Library Auditorium” but continued to house virtually all events in the African-American community.