*The Progressive Club was celebrated on this date in 1963. This historic clubhouse was at Johns Island, Charleston County, South Carolina.
It was established in 1948 to provide a home for Esau Jenkins' Progressive Club's legal and financial assistance program, adult education program, and dormitory lodging. It also served as a community recreational center, childcare facility, meeting place, and grocery store. The building was built to house a "Citizenship School," where adult education classes and workshops enabled Black citizens to register, vote, and become aware of their communities' political processes.
Hurricane Hugo downed the building in 1989. In 2007, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
