| | Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | WELCOME Photographs
| | | | Creator: | WELCOME | | | | Dates: | 1978-1982 | | | | Abstract: | WELCOME (Westsiders and Eastsiders Let's Come Together) was founded in 1978 in Cleveland, Ohio, by teachers, parents, and concerned citizens to create an atmosphere of peace and racial cooperation in response to the possibility of violence during the desegregation of the Cleveland Public Schools. WELCOME activities, which involved community centers and churches, included a series of bridgewalks across the Detroit Superior Bridge, the distribution of tee-shirts, the establishment of WELCOME committees at each school, and WELCOME wagons that visited neighborhoods. Once desegregation took place, WELCOME clubs were formed in the newly desegregated schools. The most active students in each club formed the citywide WELCOME Leadership Institute in 1980, funded by the Cleveland and Gund Foundations. In 1984, funding ended, and the Leadership Institute evolved into Youth United to Oppose Apartheid. WELCOME and the Leadership Institute ceased to exist. The collection consists of individual and group portraits, including Congressman Louis Stokes, WELCOME co-founder Michael Charney, C. J. Prentiss, Gail Long, Rev. Donald Jacobs, Bishop Hickey, Russell Shroeder, and Stanley Tolliver. Views include images of the Bridgewalks and other programs, including those of the WELCOME Leadership Institute. | | | | Call #: | PG 507 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | WELCOME -- Photograph collections. | WELCOME Leadership Institute -- Photograph collections. | Cleveland Public Schools -- Photograph collections. | Office on School Monitoring & Community Relations -- Photograph collections. | School integration -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Segregation in education -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | John T. Weeden, Sr. Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Weeden, John T. Family | | | | Dates: | 1920-1989 | | | | Abstract: | John T. Weeden, Sr. (1901-1988) was a prominent African-American Baptist clergyman of Cleveland, Ohio. After pastoring two churches in Indianapolis, Indiana, he was called in 1948 to St. Timothy Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio, remaining there until his death in 1988. In addition to his extensive involvement in a number of Baptist and religious organizations, Weeden was involved in civil rights and political issues, including service as co-chair of the clergy committee for Carl Stokes during the mayoral campaign of 1967. The collection consists of photographs of the African-American church community of Cleveland, Ohio, and images of political activities in Cleveland, including the 1964 voter registration campaign. In addition to photographs of Reverend Weeden and the Weeden family, the collection includes images of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Andrew Young, Ralph Abernathy, and Jesse Jackson in 1968; images of the King funeral procession in Atlanta, Georgia in 1968; portraits of Carl B. Stokes, Louis Stokes, Benjamin Hooks, and Dick Gregory; and views of St. Timothy Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio, and other African-American churches and church activities. The collection includes 207 black and white photographs, 248 color photographs, and 13 negatives in various formats. | | | | Call #: | PG 498 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Weeden, John T., Sr., 1901-1988 -- Portraits. | Weeden family -- Portraits. | African American Baptists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Carl Stokes Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Stokes, Carl | | | | Dates: | 1940-1971 | | | | Abstract: | Carl Stokes (1927-1996) was the mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, from 1967-1971. Stokes was the first African American mayor of a major American city and the first African American Democrat in the Ohio State Legislature, where he served three terms from 1962-67. As mayor, Stokes launched a number of programs to alleviate the problems of urban decay. Chief among these was Cleveland: NOW!, a joint public and private program with plans to raise $177 million in its first two years to revitalize Cleveland. The program was discredited due to the Glenville Shootout in July, 1968. Under Stokes, Cleveland City Council passed the Equal Employment Opportunity Ordinance, and HUD resumed funding projects aiding in the construction of over 3,000 new low- and middle-income housing units. Stokes became a newscaster with NBC television in 1972, and returned to his law practice in Cleveland in 1980. In 1983, Stokes was elected a municipal court judge. The collection consists of formal individual portraits of Carl Stokes, individual and group portraits of the Stokes family and friends, city officials, local and national celebrities and political figures, and individual citizens. It also includes candid and formal group portraits and views of official functions of the mayor, functions of individual city departments and commissions, and local community groups. Included are portraits of Hubert H. Humphrey, Edmund Muskie, Rev. Billy Graham, Pope Paul VI, entertainers Bob Hope and Bill Cosby, and Congressmen Charles Vanik and Louis Stokes. Events depicted include Cleveland NOW! activities, urban renewal and housing rehabilitation, the Glenville shootout, and youth activities. | | | | Call #: | PG 429 | | | | Extent: | 2.60 linear feet (5 containers) | | | | Subjects: | African American mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government -- Photographs. | Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs. | Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Stokes family -- Photograph collections. | Stokes, Carl -- Photograph collections. | Stokes, Louis, 1925- -- Photograph collections. | Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Vanik, Charles -- Photograph collections.
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