After over 20 years, longtime Evanston resident and activist, Morris “Dino” Robinson has revisited one of his early works, a book that detailed the history of the city’s Emerson Street YMCA, with a second edition. The Emerson Street YMCA was a center for Black residents that operated in the city for 60 years, opening in 1914. The YMCAs were no different, there was a whites-only location on Grove Street YMCA, and the Emerson Street YMCA. The Emerson Street Y was officially demolished in 1980. A timeline of The Emerson Street YMCA, included in Morris “Dino” Robinson’s book, Gatherings.