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| Book | Requires cookie* | 205 | Title: | I've known rivers: lives of loss and liberation
| | | Creator: | Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara, 1944- | | | Publication: | Penguin Books, New York, N.Y,1995, c1994. | | | Notes: | Originally published: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub., c1994. Includes index. | | | Call #: | E185.96 L425 | | | Extent: | xvi, 653 p. ; 21 cm. | | | Subjects: | Wills, Cheryle | African Americans -- Biography | African Americans -- Interviews
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Article | Requires cookie* | 207 | Title: | Politics and repeal of Ohio's Black laws, 1837-1849
| | | Parent: | Ohio hist. Ohio history. Columbus, Ohio, The Society. v. 82, no. 3-4, Summer-Autumn 1973, p. 154-175
| | | Creator: | Erickson, Leonard. | | | Publication: | | | | Call #: | F34B O37P9 v.82, no.3-4 | | | Extent: | | | | Subjects: | African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Ohio | African Americans -- Ohio
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 211 | Title: | Charles W. White Papers
| | | Creator: | White, Charles W. | | | Dates: | 1920-1970 | | | Abstract: | Charles W. White (1897-1970) was a Cleveland, Ohio, attorney who became Assistant Law Director for Cleveland (1933-1955) and Common Pleas Court judge (1955-1970). He was active in African American rights organizations and civic affairs. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, newspaper clippings, awards, certificates, legal files, scrapbooks, and other papers, relating to the public and personal life of Judge White and to his activities as a member of the Urban League, NAACP, ACLU, Consumers League, East End Community Center, Karamu House, and Friends of the Cleveland Public Library. | | | Call #: | MS 3521 | | | Extent: | 25.61 linear feet (58 containers, 6 oversize volumes, 2 oversize folders, and 1 roll) | | | Subjects: | White, Charles William, 1897-1970. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Social conditions. | African Americans -- Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Miscellanea. | Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Miscellanea. | Civil rights movements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 212 | Title: | Angus Arrington Papers
| | | Creator: | Arrington, Angus | | | Dates: | 1912-1977 | | | Abstract: | Angus Robert Arrington Jr., was one of the first African American Boy Scout leaders in Ohio.
This collection consists of Boy Scout applications, correspondence, a family tree, "Jackson's International Almanac 1942: A pocket encyclopedia of the darker races," membership cards, programs for the Boy Scouts of America ceremonies, church, and memorial services; newspaper clippings, photographs, promotional pamphlets, a scrapbook, and scripts from a radio broadcast. | | | Call #: | MS 5479 | | | Extent: | .60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | Subjects: | African Americans -- Scout leaders | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photograph collections
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 213 | Title: | George and Louise Atchison Papers
| | | Creator: | Atchison, George and Louise, Family | | | Dates: | 1907-1957 | | | Abstract: | George and Louise Atchison were residents of Cleveland, Ohio, during the mid-twentieth century. George worked as a letter carrier for the City of Cleveland and his wife, Louise, owned a boarding house and was a member of organizations like the Future Outlook League and the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA). The collection consists of advertisements, an application for the City of Cleveland Department of Safety, church materials, a Cleveland Indians souvenir scorecard, a cookbook, correspondence, Future Outlook League materials, letters, receipts and other financial records, photographs, a rosary, sheet music, and Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) of Cleveland materials. | | | Call #: | MS 5481 | | | Extent: | .40 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African Americans -- Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 214 | Title: | Eliza Bryant Village Auxiliary II Records, Series II
| | | Creator: | Eliza Bryant Village Auxiliary II | | | Dates: | 1913-2009 | | | Abstract: | The Eliza Bryant Center Auxiliary II, formerly known as the Junior Board of the Eliza Bryant Center, was a group founded by African American women in 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio. Organized by Bessie Blue, it was to provide residents of the Eliza Bryant Center, a home for aged African Americans, with a cheerful and homelike atmosphere. Members of the Auxiliary raised funds to purchase items and supplies such as kitchen equipment, linen, beds, carpeting, and electronics.
The collection consists of, annual reports, an article titled "Historical Focus on Forest City Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio", brochures and fliers, calendars, constitution and bylaws, correspondence, donor lists, financial reports, floor plans, histories of the Eliza Bryant Home, invitations, meeting minutes, membership rosters, memorials, newspaper clippings, newsletters, notes, photographs, poems and songs, press releases, proclamations, program books from Christmas/ Holiday Mart and various other events , quiz sheets, schedules, and vendor contracts. | | | Call #: | MS 5482 | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Older African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Older people -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Nursing homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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Periodicals and Newspapers | Requires cookie* | 217 | Title: | The Washington bee
| | | Alt. Title: | Washington bee (Washington, D.C. : 1884)
| | | Uniform Title: | Bee (Washington, D.C. : 1882)
| | | Publication: | Bee Pub. Co, Washington, D.C,1884- | | | Notes: | Publisher varies: June 22, 1918-Sept. 13, 1919, Chase Pub. Co.; Sept. 20, 1919-<Jan. 14, 1922>, Bee Newspaper Co. | | | Call #: | 14 D1.2 001 | | | Extent: | v. : ill. ; 58 cm. | | | Subjects: | African American newspapers -- Washington (D.C.) | African Americans -- Washington (D.C.)
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