New Haven’s Dixwell Community House, known as the “Q House” was opened in 1924 as a settlement house for African Americans moving north as part of the Great Migration. It became a center for the historic Black community in the Dixwell and Newhallville neighborhoods for generations, providing a comprehensive set of community-based services for residents of all ages.

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In 2003, the Q House closed its doors. A group of dedicated community activists organized for more than a decade to build a new Q House. The Q House Advisory Board, working with the City of New Haven and the State of Connecticut, raised funds to open the new Q House in September 2021.

This Mondays at Beinecke online talk will feature three speakers who will focus on New Haven in 1924 and the founding years of the Q House:

• Wm. Frank Mitchell, curatorial adviser for the Toni N. and Wendell C. Harp Historical Museum at The Dixwell Q House and the chairman of the board of CT Humanities
• Michael Morand, chair of the history committee of the Dixwell Community House Advisory Board and City Historian of the City of New Haven
• Charles E. Warner, Jr., co-chair of the Dixwell Community House Centennial Celebration, historian of the Dixwell Avenue Congregational United Church of Christ, and chair of the Connecticut Freedom Trail

Mondays at Beinecke online talks focus on materials from the collections and include an opening presentation at 4pm followed by conversation and Q & A beginning about 4:30pm until 5pm.