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•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.[X]
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. (25)
•African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (12)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions. (11)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. (10)
•Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (9)
•African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (7)
•African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (7)
•Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (6)
•Community development, Urban -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (6)
•Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (6)
•Hough (Cleveland, Ohio) (5)
•Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (5)
•Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (5)
•African American dramatists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
•African American judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
•African American musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
•African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
•African American theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
•African Americans -- Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
•African Americans in the performing arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
•Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
•Community centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
•Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
•Karamu House. (4)
•Race discrimination -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
•Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (4)
•African American churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
•African American mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
•African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. (3)
•African Americans -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
•Aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
•City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. (3)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social policy. (3)
•Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
•Discrimination in housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
•Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. (3)
•National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch. (3)
•Social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
•Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (3)
•Stokes, Carl. (3)
•Administrative agencies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Records and correspondence. (2)
•African American aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•African American clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•African American fashion designers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•African American physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•African Americans -- Education (Higher) -- United States. (2)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography. (2)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. (2)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Interviews. (2)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (2)
•Afro-American women journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Blue, Bertha, ca. 1877-1963. (2)
•Boys -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. (2)
•Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Citizens' associations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Civil rights -- United States. (2)
•Civil rights movements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design. (2)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Church history -- Sources. (2)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic policy. (2)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. (2)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Officials and employees. (2)
•Cleveland (Ohio). City Council. (2)
•Cleveland (Ohio). Municipal Court. (2)
•Cleveland Transit System. (2)
•Collective labor agreements -- Building-service employees -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Community development corporations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Costume design -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Dressmaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Forbes, George L., 1931- (2)
•Freemasons. Prince Hall Masonic Lodge (Cleveland, Ohio) (2)
•Friendly Inn Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) (2)
•Gilpin Players. (2)
•Glenville Shootout, Cleveland, Ohio, 1968. (2)
•Horton, James, 1934- (2)
•Hough Area Development Corporation. (2)
•Housing rehabilitation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Jackson, Perry B. (Perry Brooks), 1896-1986. (2)
•Jelliffe, Rowena Woodham, 1892-1992. (2)
•Jelliffe, Russell W., 1891-1980. (2)
•Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•National Urban League. (2)
•Poor -- Ohio -- Cleveland (2)
•Race relations and the press -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Rural-urban migration -- United States. (2)
•School integration -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Second Presbyterian Church (Cleveland, Ohio) Men's Club. (2)
•Sermons, American -- African American authors. (2)
•Service industries workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Silver, Dorothy, 1929- (2)
•Silver, Reuben, 1925- (2)
•Social action -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Social work with African Americans. (2)
•Social work with youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Strikes and lockouts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Urban League of Cleveland. (2)
•Urban policy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•White, Charles William, 1897-1970. (2)
•White, Stella G., 1907-1991. (2)
•Wicker, Amanda, 1900-1987. (2)
•Women in community organization -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Women journalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Women social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Youth -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (2)
•Adolescent boys -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. (1)
•Adult education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Affirmative action programs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Africa American women authors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American Baptists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American Baptists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American Unitarian Universalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American athletes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American athletes -- Virginia. (1)
•African American authors -- Correspondence. (1)
•African American authors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American inventors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Miscellanea. (1)
•African American lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•African American lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American music teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American physicians -- United States. (1)
•African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•African American sailors -- Correspondence. (1)
•African American singers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American social workers. (1)
•African American soldiers -- Correspondence. (1)
•African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•African American women -- United States. (1)
•African American women public relations personnel. (1)
•African American women social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African American women teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African Americans -- Civil rights (1)
•African Americans -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. (1)
•African Americans -- Mortality -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•African Americans -- Music. (1)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. (1)
•African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Music. (1)
•African Americans -- Photographs. (1)
•African Americans -- Relations with Russians. (1)
•African Americans -- Social conditions. (1)
•African Americans -- Virginia -- Norfolk. (1)
•African Americans. (1)
•Afro-American air pilots -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Afro-American artists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Afro-American composers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Afro-American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Afro-American folk art -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Afro-American freemasonry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Afro-American lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Afro-American women -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Afro-American women journalists -- Georgia -- Dawsonville. (1)
•Afro-Americans -- Medical care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Air -- Pollution -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Air pilots -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•American Cancer Society. (1)
•American Judges Association. (1)
•American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976 -- Exhibitions. (1)
•Association of Railroad Union Representatives. (1)
•Authors, American -- Correspondence. (1)
•Authors, American -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Bailey, Eugene, 1913-1942. (1)
•Bands (Music) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Baylor, Mary Jane. (1)
•Beard, Charles, 1923-1993. (1)
•Bell, Myrtle Johnson, 1895- (1)
•Biggins, Nick. (1)
•Black Folk Art in Cleveland. (1)
•Black Muslims -- Doctrines. (1)
•Black nationalism -- United States. (1)
•Black power -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Blankenship, Wellington, 1894-1972. (1)
•Blue family (1)
•Blythin, Edward, 1884-1958. (1)
•Boycott -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Buckeye-Woodland (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Building-service employees -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Burton, Harold H. (Harold Hitz), 1888-1964. (1)
•Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charitable contributions. (1)
•Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Camp Cleveland (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Camps -- Ohio -- Chagrin Falls. (1)
•Camps -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Case Western Reserve University. (1)
•Case Western Reserve University. Mather Gallery -- Exhibitions. (1)
•Central High School (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Charities, Medical -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Chesnutt, Charles Waddell, 1858-1932. (1)
•Chinese Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Church and social problems -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. (1)
•Civil rights movements -- United States. (1)
•Civil rights workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Clark, Harold T. (Harold Terry), 1882-1965. (1)
•Clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Clergy -- Ohio -- Shaker Heights. (1)
•Clergymen's wives -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Clerks (Retail trade) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Appropriations and expenditures. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Emigration and immigration (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Foreign population. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations -- 20th century. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations -- Economic aspects. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social life and customs. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio). City Planning Commission. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor's Council on Youth Opportunities. (1)
•Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor. (1)
•Cleveland Health Care Alternatives, Inc. (1)
•Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority. (1)
•Cleveland Women's Orchestra. (1)
•Cleveland: NOW! (1)
•Cleveland: NOW! -- Archives. (1)
•Collective labor agreements -- Health facilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Collective labor agreements -- Nursing homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Collective labor agreements -- Service industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Collins, Benjamin. (1)
•Community development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Composers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Congress of Racial Equality (1)
•Congress of Racial Equality. Cleveland Chapter (1)
•Council for Economic Opportunities in Greater Cleveland (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Crime prevention -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Citizen participation. (1)
•Croatian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Crosby Furniture Company. (1)
•Crosby, Fred McClellan, 1928- (1)
•Dance -- United States. (1)
•Dance companies -- United States. (1)
•Darr, Jane Lee, 1925-2006 (1)
•Darr, Jane Lee. (1)
•Davenport, Peggy. (1)
•Davis family. (1)
•Davis, Russell Howard, 1897-1976. (1)
•Dawson County (Ga.). (1)
•Discrimination in employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Discrimination in housing -- Law and legislation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Dobbins, Helen. (1)
•Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. (1)
•E.F. Boyd & Son Funeral Home (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•East End Neighborhood Center (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•East End Neighborhood House (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Eddy Road Street Club (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Eddy Road Street Club. (1)
•Eliza Bryant Center (Cleveland, Ohio) Auxiliary II. (1)
•Eliza Bryant Center (Cleveland, Ohio). (1)
•Elks (Fraternal Order) (1)
•Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. (1)
•Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity. Cleveland Chapter -- Archives. (1)
•Evans, Fred (Fred Ahmed), d.1978. (1)
•Exhibitions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Fair Housing Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Fairfax (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Fashion shows -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Fast food restaurants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Federation for Community Planning. (1)
•Fenn College. (1)
•Fisk University. (1)
•Fleming, Charles, W., 1928-1994. (1)
•Forest City Hospital. (1)
•Former Junior Federation (Cleveland, Ohio). (1)
•Franchises (Retail trade) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Freedom Fighters of Ohio (1)
•Freemasonry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Friends of Shaker Square. (1)
•Fund raising -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Future Outlook League. (1)
•Gangs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Garvin, Charles Herbert, 1890-1968. (1)
•George, Zelma Watson (1)
•German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Glenco Enterprises, Inc. (1)
•Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Glenville Health Association (Cleveland, Ohio). (1)
•Gospel music -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Gospel musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Greater Cleveland Associated Foundation. (1)
•Greater Cleveland Ethnographic Museum (1)
•Greeks -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Hall, Ruby. (1)
•Halle Bros. Co. (1)
•Harmon, J.D. (1)
•Health facilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Health planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Hiram House Social Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Homeowners' associations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Hough Area Partners in Progress. (1)
•Humanist Fellowship of Liberation (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Interviews. (1)
•Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Indians of North America -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Institute of Man and Science. (1)
•Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Job creation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Johnson, Ella Mae Cheeks, 1904-2010. (1)
•Journalists -- Georgia -- Dawsonville. (1)
•Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Miscellanea. (1)
•Juvenile delinquents -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Karamu Foundation. (1)
•Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. (1)
•Knoxville College. (1)
•Koiner, Robert S., 1904- (1)
•Labor disputes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Labor movement -- United States. (1)
•Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Lard, Pearkine. (1)
•Law -- United States. (1)
•Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•League Park Center (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Lewis, Fannie M., 1926- (1)
•Lithuanians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Little Italy (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Local transit -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Lucas, Charles P., Jr. (1)
•Lyons, Frank, 1894-1974. (1)
•Macedonian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza Corporation. (1)
•McDonald's Corporation. (1)
•McIntyre, Dianne. (1)
•McIntyre, Dorothy Layne. (1)
•Medical care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Medicine. (1)
•Men -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. (1)
•Minority business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Mitchell, L. Pearl, 1883-1974. (1)
•Moon family. (1)
•Moon, Henry Lee, 1901- (1)
•Moon, Joseph Herbert. (1)
•Moon, Leah. (1)
•Moon, Mollie Lewis. (1)
•Moon, Roddy K., 1868-1952. (1)
•Morgan, Garrett A., 1877-1963. (1)
•Moss, Jim. (1)
•Mt. Zion Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Murray Hill Elementary School (Cleveland, Ohio). (1)
•National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. (1)
•National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch -- Archives. (1)
•National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch -- History. (1)
•National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs. Cleveland Club. (1)
•National Bar Association. (1)
•Near West Side Multi-Service Center (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Neighborhood -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Norfolk Naval Shipyard. (1)
•North Coast Village Steering Committee. (1)
•Norton, James Adolph, 1922- (1)
•Nursing homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Nursing homes -- Ohio --Elyria. (1)
•Operation Black Unity. (1)
•Operation Equality. (1)
•Oral histories. (1)
•Organists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Pennybacker, Albert M., ca. 1930- (1)
•Perry, Charles, 1917- (1)
•Perry, Samuel V., 1895-1968. (1)
•Phillis Wheatley Association (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•Picketing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Plan of Action for Tomorrow's Housing (Cleveland, Ohio). (1)
•Political clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Poor -- Medical care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Popular music -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Porter, Roderick Boyd. (1)
•Professional associations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Public utilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Episcopal Church. (1)
•Railroads -- Employees -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Recreation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Recreation and juvenile delinquency. (1)
•Recreation centers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Republican Party (Cuyahoga County, Ohio) (1)
•Retail trade -- Employees. (1)
•Rural-urban migration -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Russians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Safety education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Saint James African Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•School facilities -- Extended use -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Serbian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Service industries workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Sissle, Noble, 1889- (1)
•Slovenian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Smith (Dorothy E.) family. (1)
•Smith, Dorothy E. 1905-1995. (1)
•Social work with delinquents and criminals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Sociology. (1)
•Sounds in Motion. (1)
•Spiritual Five Singers. (1)
•St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio). (1)
•St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio). (1)
•St. Timothy Baptist Church (Cleveland, Ohio). (1)
•Stokes family (1)
•Stokes, Carl (1)
•Stokes, Louis (1)
•Strikes and lockouts -- Steel industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Summons, Berton, 1907-1992. (1)
•Summons, Theresa Edwards, 1903-1985. (1)
•Sweet, Dovie Davis. (1)
•Syrian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Taylor family. (1)
•Taylor, Arthur, 1903-1974. (1)
•Taylor, Bruce C., 1942- (1)
•Taylor, Howard Francis, 1939- (1)
•Taylor, Murtis Howard. (1)
•Teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Towns, Mickey. (1)
•Trade-unions -- Building-service employees -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Trade-unions -- Service industry workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Traffic signs and signals. (1)
•Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. North Coast Chapter. (1)
•Ukrainian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland (1)
•Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Unitarians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•United Freedom Movement (1)
•United States -- Race relations. (1)
•United States. CSA/Office of Community Services. (1)
•United States. Dept. of Health and Human Services. (1)
•Urban League of Cleveland -- Archives. (1)
•Wagner, Albert. (1)
•Warner, Marguerite Sanford, 1890-1978. (1)
•Water tunnels -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Accidents. (1)
•Weeden family -- Portraits. (1)
•Weeden family. (1)
•Weeden, John T., Sr., 1901-1988 -- Portraits. (1)
•Weeden, John T., Sr., 1901-1988. (1)
•Welch, Marcella. (1)
•White family. (1)
•White, Charles W., 1897-1970. (1)
•William Bingham Foundation. (1)
•Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. (1)
•Women -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Women -- Social conditions. (1)
•Women -- Societies and clubs. (1)
•Women in church work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Women journalists -- Georgia -- Dawsonville. (1)
•Women teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Women's Philanthropic Union (Cleveland, Ohio) (1)
•World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
•Yarbrough family. (1)
•Young Men's Christian Association of Cleveland -- Archives. (1)
•Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Recreation. (1)
•Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. (1)
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21Title:  Perry B. Jackson Papers     
 Creator:  Jackson, Perry B. 
 Dates:  1879-1973 
 Abstract:  Perry B. Jackson (1896-1986) was Ohio's first African American judge. He was active in Cleveland, Ohio civic, religious, and educational organizations. The collection consists of correspondence, reports, minutes, programs, speeches, financial material, personnel lists, bench notes, judicial election material, and other material relating to Judge Jackson and his judicial, church and civic activities. 
 Call #:  MS 3581 
 Extent:  7.81 linear feet (19 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Jackson, Perry B. (Perry Brooks), 1896-1986. | Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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22Title:  Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers     
 Creator:  Chesnutt, Charles Waddell 
 Dates:  1889-1932 
 Abstract:  Charles Waddell Chesnutt (1858-1932) was a Cleveland, Ohio, court reporter, novelist and short story writer. He was the first African American novelist and short story writer to win recognition on a nationwide scale. The collection consists of correspondence, copies of speeches and writings, newspaper clippings, invitations, programs, photographs and other papers relating to Chesnutt's activities as a court reporter and writer. 
 Call #:  MS 3370 
 Extent:  0.80 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Chesnutt, Charles Waddell, 1858-1932. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American authors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Authors, American -- Correspondence. | African American authors -- Correspondence. | Authors, American -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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23Title:  Humanist Fellowship of Liberation Records     
 Creator:  Humanist Fellowship of Liberation 
 Dates:  1965-1972 
 Abstract:  The Humanist Fellowship of Liberation was an African American Unitarian Universalist church formed in 1970 by former members of the First Unitarian Church, which had moved from Cleveland to Shaker Heights, Ohio. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, constitution, financial accounts, correspondence and other records of the Humanist Fellowship of Liberation; and records of the Black Affairs Council, Inc., the Black Unitarian Universalist Caucus, and the Unitarian Universalist Association. 
 Call #:  MS 3592 
 Extent:  1.80 linear feet (5 containers) 
 Subjects:  Humanist Fellowship of Liberation (Cleveland, Ohio) | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American Unitarian Universalists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Church and social problems -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Unitarians -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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24Title:  Marguerite Sanford Warner Papers     
 Creator:  Warner, Marguerite Sanford 
 Dates:  1925-1980 
 Abstract:  Marguerite Sanford Warner (1890-1978) devoted her life to music within the Cleveland, Ohio, African American community. During her career she gave private lessons in both piano and organ, served as the regular organist for at least five churches in Cleveland, Ohio, including the Antioch Baptist Church from 1934-1944 and 1950-1971, served on the faculty of the Sutphen School of Music at the Phillis Wheatley Association from the 1950s through the 1970s, and made guest appearances throughout the Cleveland area. The collection consists of scrapbooks, correspondence, clippings, and memorabilia including programs, certificates and newsletters. The collection pertains primarily to Warner's musical career and involvement in the African American community in Cleveland, particularly through the Antioch Baptist Church and Sutphen School of Music. 
 Call #:  MS 4217 
 Extent:  0.80 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Warner, Marguerite Sanford, 1890-1978. | Organists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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25Title:  Hough Area Development Corporation Records     
 Creator:  Hough Area Development Corporation 
 Dates:  1967-1985 
 Abstract:  The Hough Area Development Corporation (f. 1967) was formed in Cleveland, Ohio, by DeForest Brown in conjunction with African American professionals and neighborhood leaders in the wake of the Hough riots by DeForest Brown to aid in bringing economic prosperity to Cleveland's Hough neighborhood. Dedicated to African American self-determination, the group initially met in secret in order to prevent competition for dollars and outside attempts to control it. The group promoted African American business entrepreneurship and better housing. The collection consists of board minutes, correspondence, clippings, legal papers, financial records, reports, and the working papers of the corporation's offices. 
 Call #:  MS 4222 
 Extent:  27.30 linear feet (28 containers and 1 oversize volume) 
 Subjects:  Hough Area Development Corporation. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hough (Cleveland, Ohio)
 
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26Title:  Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design Records     
 Creator:  Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design 
 Dates:  1942-1983 
 Abstract:  The Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design was a Cleveland, Ohio, dressmaking, tailoring and fashion design school founded in 1925 by Amanda Wicker, primarily for young African-American women. Wicker retired and sold the school in 1979, which was still in operation in 1990. The collection consists of style show programs; also newspaper clippings, and miscellany. The style show programs include much advertising for Cleveland Afro-American businesses. 
 Call #:  MS 4490 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Wicker, Amanda, 1900-1987. | Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American fashion designers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Fashion shows -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Costume design -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Dressmaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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27Title:  Carl Stokes Papers, Series II     
 Creator:  Stokes, Carl 
 Dates:  1947-1992 
 Abstract:  Carl Stokes 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 1962-1967. 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 speeches, correspondence, datebooks, budgets, lectures, newspaper clippings, publications, telegrams, reports, resumes, agendas, press releases, programs, flyers, certificates, legal documents, newsletters, transcripts, proposals, lists, minutes, and a yearbook. 
 Call #:  MS 4800 
 Extent:  1.20 linear feet (3 containers) 
 Subjects:  Stokes, Carl. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor. | Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
 
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28Title:  Jane Lee Darr Papers     
 Creator:  Darr, Jane Lee 
 Dates:  1920-1998 
 Abstract:  Jane Lee Darr (1925-2006) was the adopted daughter of Bertha Blue (ca. 1877-1963). Bertha Blue was a member of a well known African American family in Cleveland, Ohio. She was a teacher at the Murray Hill Elementary School located in Little Italy, an Italian immigrant neighborhood on Cleveland's East side, from 1903 to 1947. The collection consists of artwork and biographies of Bertha Blue by Jane Lee Darr and correspondence and research files maintained by Darr on the Blue family. 
 Call #:  MS 5184 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  African Americans -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Blue family | Blue, Bertha, ca. 1877-1963. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Darr, Jane Lee, 1925-2006 | Little Italy (Cleveland, Ohio)
 
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29Title:  Hough Area Development Corporation Records, Series II     
 Creator:  Hough Area Development Corporation 
 Dates:  1983-1989 
 Abstract:  The Hough Area Development Corporation (f. 1967) was formed in the wake of the Hough riots by DeForest Brown in conjunction with African American professionals and neighborhood leaders to aid in bringing economic prosperity to the Hough neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio. Dedicated to African American self-determination, the group initially met in secret in order to prevent competition for dollars and outside attempts to control it. The group promoted African American business entrepreneurship and better housing. The collection consists of board minutes, reports, correspondence, audits, and newspaper clippings. The collection pertains to the final years of the organization's existence, when local financial support eroded and the Office of Community Services of the United States Department of Health and Human Services obtained its assets. 
 Call #:  MS 4609 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Hough Area Development Corporation. | United States. CSA/Office of Community Services. | United States. Dept. of Health and Human Services. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hough (Cleveland, Ohio)
 
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30Title:  National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women, Cleveland Club Scrapbook     
 Creator:  National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women, Cleveland Club 
 Dates:  1956-1972 
 Abstract:  The National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women (f. 1935) is a national nonprofit organization founded in New York City whose mission is to "promote and protect the interests of African American business and professional women; to serve as a bridge for young people seeking to enter business and the professions; to improve the quality of life in the local and global communities; and to foster good fellowship." It contains six districts in the United States and one international division. The Cleveland Club is a part of the North Central District of the national organization which was founded in 1965. The Cleveland Club provides leadership development and networking opportunities to professional working women in Cleveland and northeast Ohio. It also awards college scholarships to youth and increases awareness of economic, educational, and other social issues facing the Black community through community service. The organization's most popular event, the Annual Founder's Day Breakfast, attracts local and national speakers to discuss a variety of domestic and international topics, as well as honoring women's occupational achievements and commitment to volunteerism with professional and student awards, and the prestigious Sojourner Truth Award. The collection consists of articles, certificates, correspondence, event programs, invitations, lists, newspaper clippings, notes, photographs, and tickets. 
 Call #:  MS 5107 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 oversize volume) 
 Subjects:  National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs. Cleveland Club. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | African American businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Professional associations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women in community organization -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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31Title:  Karamu House Records     
 Creator:  Karamu House 
 Dates:  1914-1979 
 Abstract:  Karamu House was founded in 1915 in Cleveland, Ohio, by Russell W. and Rowena Woodham Jelliffe, in conjunction with the Second Presbyterian Church Men's Club, as the Neighborhood Association (later as the Playhouse Settlement), a settlement house promoting interracial activities and cooperation through the performing arts. The Jelliffes saw a need to provide activities and social services for the city's growing African American population, in order to assist in their transition from rural Southern life to an urban setting. The Playhouse Settlement was renamed Karamu Theater in 1927. By 1941, the entire settlement had taken the name Karamu House. The Dumas Dramatic Club was created to support and encourage interest and activities in the performing arts. In 1922, the theater troupe's name was changed to The Gilpin Players in honor of noted African American actor Charles Gilpin. During the 1920s and 1930s, works by many accomplished playwrights were produced at Karamu, including those of Zora Neale Hurston, Eugene O'Neill, and Langston Hughes, whose career was launched at Karamu. In 1939, the house was destroyed by fire. Rebuilding was not completed until 1949. The Jelliffes' mission of an interracial institution continued until the late 1960s, when, under the leadership of new director Kenneth Snipes, Karamu's mission became one of promoting African-American theater and plays specifically about the African-American experience. During this time a professional troupe of actors was formed. In 1982, Karamu formally returned to its original mission as an interracial organization. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, building construction applications, historical accounts, minutes, records of the Board of Trustees, reports, proposals, publications, financial records, contribution records, correspondence, play scripts and related information, announcements of events, programs, memoranda, date books, guest books, newspaper clippings, subject files, ledgers, scrapbooks, and student enrollment cards. Notable correspondents include Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, Ida B. Wells, Hubert Humphrey, Eleanor Roosevelt, A. Phillip Randolph, Coretta Scott King, Carter G. Woodson, Eliot Ness, Walter White, Marian Anderson, W.C. Handy, Zora Neale Hurston, Ethel Waters, Countee Cullen, Arna Bontemps, Harry E. Davis, Harry C. Smith, and Jane Edna Hunter. The majority of the papers date from the period after World War II, particularly the 1950s and 1960s. 
 Call #:  MS 4606 
 Extent:  79.21 linear feet (92 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Jelliffe, Russell W., 1891-1980. | Jelliffe, Rowena Woodham, 1892-1992. | Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. | Karamu House. | Gilpin Players. | Second Presbyterian Church (Cleveland, Ohio) Men's Club. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans in the performing arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American dramatists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social settlements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Rural-urban migration -- United States. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
 
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32Title:  Future Outlook League Records     
 Creator:  Future Outlook League 
 Dates:  1935-1959 
 Abstract:  The Future Outlook League was a Cleveland, Ohio, civil rights organization founded in 1935 by John Oliver Holly to promote employment, mobility, and equality for black youth and young adults in the Central area. Holly, the League's first president, was a political office holder in the area. The idea for the League grew out of dissatisfaction with the achievements of existing Negro organizations concerning employment. The organization appealed to both unskilled and semi-skilled Afro-Americans and was one of the first black organizations in the late 1930s to use picketing and economic boycotts to secure employment for Negroes. Supported primarily by weekly fees assessed to those who obtained jobs through the League, the organization integrated staffs of banks, stores, utilities, and industry. Integration of area neighborhoods was also a concern. The collection consists of minutes, financial materials, subject files, scrapbooks, and membership cards. The collection pertains largely to the establishment of the League and its activities in promoting employment and civil rights on behalf of Cleveland's black community. The membership cards reveal characteristics of that community by providing information on marital status, age, occupation, education, and residence. The scrapbooks detail the League's activities against small, local establishments, as well as national chains, such as the A&P Company, Belle Vernon Products, Lawson's Stores, and People's Drug Stores. 
 Call #:  MS 4171 
 Extent:  5.91 linear feet (13 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Future Outlook League. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Race discrimination -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Black power -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Boycott -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Picketing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
 
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33Title:  Urban League of Cleveland Records, Series II     
 Creator:  Urban League of Cleveland 
 Dates:  1964-1981 
 Abstract:  The Urban League of Cleveland was organized in 1917, in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Negro Welfare Association of Cleveland to aid the adjustment of black workers coming to Cleveland during the Great Migration following World War I. Led by Wm. R. Conners for the first 25 years, it joined the National Urban League in 1930 and changed its name to the Urban League of Cleveland in 1940. Formed initially to confront barriers to economic opportunities and find jobs for black workers, by the 1930s the primary goal of the League was the issue of improved housing. Its purpose is interracial planning to help the community devise solutions to social and economic problems. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, contracts, memoranda and other papers relating to the organization's operation, especially Operation Equality, a subdivision of the organization concerned with fair housing issues. This collection is essential for those interested in the issues of race relations and open housing in Cleveland. Records and reports of organizations such as Operation Equality, the Fair Housing Council, which consisted of several local fair housing groups including Operation Equality, and National Neighbors, a national organization which promoted peaceful integration, comprise a large part of the collection. 
 Call #:  MS 4206 
 Extent:  10.00 linear feet (10 containers) 
 Subjects:  Urban League of Cleveland -- Archives. | African Americans -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Discrimination in housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Discrimination in housing -- Law and legislation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Discrimination in employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Affirmative action programs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
 
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34Title:  Bertha Blue Family Papers     
 Creator:  Blue, Bertha Family 
 Dates:  1908-1989 
 Abstract:  Bertha Blue was a member of a well known African American family in Cleveland, Ohio. She was a teacher at the Murray Hill Elementary School located in Little Italy, an Italian immigrant neighborhood on Cleveland's East side, from 1903 to 1947. The collection consists of Bertha Blue's art course notebook, correspondence, newspaper clippings, St. John African Methodist Episcopal newsletters, scrapbooks, and Jane Lee Darr's resume and writings. The collection also contains newspaper clippings on Blue's friend, Noble Sissle. 
 Call #:  MS 4630 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Blue, Bertha, ca. 1877-1963. | Darr, Jane Lee. | Sissle, Noble, 1889- | St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio). | Murray Hill Elementary School (Cleveland, Ohio). | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American women teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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35Title:  George Forbes Papers     
 Creator:  Forbes, Geoge 
 Dates:  1966-1990 
 Abstract:  George L. Forbes (b. 1931) was arguably the most powerful man in Cleveland, Ohio, politics during the 1970s and 1980s. His position as the President of Cleveland City Council from 1974-1989 was crucial in the relationships he formed with mayors Dennis Kucinich and George Voinovich which were sometimes contentious. He also used this prominent position to promote civil rights and minority-owned businesses. Forbes was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1931, coming to the Cleveland area in the 1950s to earn his degrees from Baldwin Wallace College in 1957 and the Cleveland Marshall College of Law in 1961. A lawyer by profession, Forbes was admitted to both the Ohio and Federal Bars in 1962. In 1963 he was elected to Cleveland City Council, where he served for 27 years. He assisted Carl B. Stokes in his mayoral runs, helped to establish the 21st District Congressional Caucus to improve race relations within the Democratic party, and formed the first African-American law firm in Cleveland. He was also involved in a number of civic organizations, including the Cleveland Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where he served as President from 1992-2012, The Urban League, The Council of Economic Opportunity, the Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs, the John Harlan Law Club, and the National Association of Defense Lawyers for Criminal Cases. Currently (as of May 2012), he is involved in the Freedom to Marry movement to end marriage discrimination against gay couples in Ohio and has resigned from the NAACP Presidency. George L. Forbes has also been embroiled in numerous controversies during his political life. He was acquitted of bribery, extortion, and theft in office in 1979, has plead guilty to ethics violations in dealing with the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation in 2007, and was sanctioned by the Ohio Supreme Court in 2008, which put his law license in jeopardy. During his career he has advocated for the poor and minority groups. He has worked against racial discrimination within a number of organizations, including the Regional Transit Authority and the Cleveland Police Force, created a mandate that a minimum percentage of construction work within the city be done by minority contractors/workers, and battled to improve inner city schools. The collection consists of awards, certificates, correspondence, financial records, legal documents, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, posters, research materials, speeches, and surveys. 
 Call #:  MS 5136 
 Extent:  2.81 linear feet (4 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Forbes, George L., 1931- | Cleveland (Ohio). City Council. | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch. | African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
 
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36Title:  MS 5433 George Forbes Papers, Series II     
 Creator:  George Forbes 
 Dates:  1945-2014 
 Abstract:  George L. Forbes (b. 1931) was arguably the most powerful man in Cleveland politics during the 1970s and 1980s. His position as the President of Cleveland City Council from 1974-1989 was crucial in the relationships he formed with mayors Dennis Kucinich and George Voinovich which were sometimes contentious. He also used this prominent position to promote civil rights and minority-owned businesses. Forbes was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1931, coming to the Cleveland area in the 1950s to earn his degrees from Baldwin Wallace College in 1957 and the Cleveland Marshall College of Law in 1961. A lawyer by profession, Forbes was admitted to both the Ohio and Federal Bars in 1962. In 1963 he was elected to Cleveland City Council, where he served for 27 years. He assisted Carl B. Stokes in his mayoral runs, helped to establish the 21st District Congressional Caucus to improve race relations within the Democratic party, and formed the first African-American law firm in Cleveland. He was also involved in a number of civic organizations, including the Cleveland Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where he served as President from 1992-2012, The Urban League, The Council of Economic Opportunity, the Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs, the John Harlan Law Club, and the National Association of Defense Lawyers for Criminal Cases. He was acquitted of bribery, extortion, and theft in office in 1979, has plead guilty to ethics violations in dealing with the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation in 2007, and was sanctioned by the Ohio Supreme Court in 2008, which put his law license in jeopardy. During his career he has advocated for the poor and minority groups. He has worked against racial discrimination within a number of organizations, including the Regional Transit Authority and the Cleveland Police Force, created a mandate that a minimum percentage of construction work within the city be done by minority contractors/workers, and battled to improve city schools. The collection consists of awards, certificates, correspondence, financial records, legal documents, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, photographs, posters, research materials, reports, speeches, survey, and audiovisual recordings. 
 Call #:  MS 5433 
 Extent:  28.01 linear feet (31 containers, including one oversized container and one oversized folder) 
 Subjects:  African American lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Forbes, George L., 1931- | Cleveland (Ohio). City Council. | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
 
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37Title:  Samuel V. Perry Papers     
 Creator:  Perry, Samuel V. 
 Dates:  1914-1967 
 Abstract:  Samuel V. Perry (1895-1968) was a Cleveland, Ohio, parole officer, City Streets Department clerk, and information consultant who was involved in safety education and the legal affairs of the African American community. The collection consist of correspondence, material relating to the court case Haring v. Gist, papers on the American legal system and African Americans, an outline for a teacher's textbook on safety education, and plans for an adult education program. 
 Call #:  MS 3327 
 Extent:  1.80 linear feet (5 containers) 
 Subjects:  Perry, Samuel V., 1895-1968. | Cleveland (Ohio). Municipal Court. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Law -- United States. | Safety education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Adult education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.
 
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38Title:  Charles W. White Family Papers     
 Creator:  White, Charles W. Family 
 Dates:  1872-1977 
 Abstract:  Charles W. White (1897-1970), a lawyer and judge, and his wife Stella, a writer and journalist, were both active in African American rights organizations and civic affairs in Cleveland, Ohio. White had one daughter, Lillian. The collection consists of clippings, correspondence of White and his daughter Lillian, an original manuscript by Stella White, family history and biographical materials, and memorabilia. 
 Call #:  MS 4114 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  White family. | White, Charles William, 1897-1970. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Africa American women authors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
 
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39Title:  Fred McClellan Crosby Papers     
 Creator:  Crosby, Fred McClellan 
 Dates:  1971-1976 
 Abstract:  Fred McClellan Crosby (b. 1928) was the President of Crosby Furniture Company and active in the Cleveland, Ohio, African American community. Crosby served on various boards such as the Greater Cleveland Growth Association, Minority Economic Development Corporation, Council of Small Enterprises and the Cleveland Business League. He was active in numerous civic groups as well, including the Y.M.C.A., Urban League, Forest City Hospital, Glenville Development Corporation, Goodwill Industries, Boy Scouts and United Torch. The collection consists of photocopies of scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, programs, photographs, and correspondence. This collection pertains primarily to Fred Crosby's business, career and civic activities in Cleveland's African American community. 
 Call #:  MS 4198 
 Extent:  0.10 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Crosby, Fred McClellan, 1928- | Forest City Hospital. | Crosby Furniture Company. | Urban League of Cleveland. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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40Title:  Former Junior Federation Records     
 Creator:  Former Junior Federation 
 Dates:  1927-1982 
 Abstract:  The Former Junior Federation (f. 1927) was an African American women's social club constituted of the former members of the Junior Federation in Cleveland, Ohio. It was originally called the Gertrude Fisher Club after the founder who molded a group of youngsters into an organization that gathered in each other's homes. The aims of the club were to instill an understanding of the body of culture and thought in the world, to train women to become more efficient club members and better citizens, and to promote service and philanthropy as well as social and cultural interests. In the 1950s they became members of the Council of Colored Women and renamed themselves the Junior Girls Federation. By 1965 they had again changed their name, this time to the Former Junior Federation, but continued their social, civic and friendly activities. The collection consists of a constitution, bylaws, membership rosters, minutes, financial statements, correspondence, clippings, and memorabilia. 
 Call #:  MS 4235 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Former Junior Federation (Cleveland, Ohio). | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- Social conditions. | Women -- Societies and clubs. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social life and customs.
 
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