Day 4: Remembering Local History during Black History Month Moses “Mo” Lucas was a role model and mentor to generations of Winston-Salem residents, serving fifty years as the director of the Patterson Avenue YMCA and later the Winston Lake YMCA, founding numerous community programs during his tenure. Lucas passed away in 2016. In 1924, the Patterson Avenue YMCA branch opened on Depot Street, serving African Americans in Winston-Salem during Jim Crow-era racial segregation. I…n 1985, the Patterson Avenue YMCA moved to a new facility in Winston Lake Park and was renamed the Winston Lake Family YMCA. The Depot Street Renaissance mural by Leo Rucker represents the contributions of just a few of the many individuals, businesses and institutions that made the neighborhood that is now the Innovation Quarter a prestigious community and a thriving hub of Black enterprise. Visit the mural on 7th Street between Research Pkwy and Vine St: https://bit.ly/35H5YBv #blackhistorymonth2022 #BHM2022 #bhm #blackhistoryisamericanhistory #blacklivesmatter #blm #blackhistory #history Photo credit: Winston-Salem Journal | JournalNow