Thomas Augustus Greene was the organizer and the first executive secretary of the 28th St. Branch of the YMCA and served from 1906 to 1932. Thomas A. Greene and his family lived at 1722 (E or W) 51st in Los Angeles, according to the 1920 and 1930 Census. Three photographs. Upper left: interior of the church of Mission San Francisco de Asís in San Francisco. Upper right: a lithograph by Henry Firks showing San Francisco in 1849. Lower left: photograph of Thomas A. Greene with his wife, 3 sons and 2 daughters in front of their house in Los Angeles with captions reading "Colored California" and "Mr. Greene's Family and Home." The photograph of the Greenes appears on page 195 of the August 1913 issue of The Crisis, which identifies Thomas A. Greene as the secretary of the colored Y.M.C.A. Alma Greene Covington, was an educator for 40 years and a principal for 17 in Los Angeles. She earned her degrees from the University of Southern California and the University of California Los Angeles. She participated in civic affairs and teacher recruitment. She was the daughter of Thomas A. Greene, and the wife of Floyd Covington Sr.
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African American civic leaders Mission churches African American families Murdock, Anna May Greene, 1899-1981 Greene, Thomas A. (Thomas Augustus), 1867-1949 Greene, Lula, 1878-1969 Greene, Prince, Walton, 1907-2004 Greene, Lawrence C., 1897-1992 Covington, Alma Greene, 1904-1995 Greene, Thomas Augustus, Jr., 1895-1988
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