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| | • | Freedmen |
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| | • | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, African American |
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| | • | Slaves -- United States -- Biography |
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| | • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives |
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| | Book | Requires cookie* | | 83 | Title: | The sable arm: Black troops in the Union Army, 1861-1865
| | | | Creator: | Cornish, Dudley Taylor. | | | | Publication: | University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan,c1987. | | | | Notes: | Reprint. Originally published: New York : Longmans, Green, 1956. Includes index. Includes bibliography. | | | | Call #: | E540 N3C81 1987 | | | | Extent: | xviii, 342 p. ; 22 cm. | | | | Subjects: | United States. -- Army -- African American troops -- History -- 19th century | African American soldiers | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 84 | Title: | Property qualification or no property qualification: a few facts from the record of patriotic services of the colored men of New York, during the wars of 1776 and 1812, with a compendium of their present business, and property statistics
| | | | Creator: | Nell, William C. (William Cooper), 1816-1874 | | | | Publication: | For sale by Thomas Hamilton, 48 Beekman Street, and Wm. H. Leonard, 5 Beekman Street, New York,1860. | | | | Call #: | E269 N3N4 | | | | Extent: | 24 p. ; 20 cm. | | | | Subjects: | African Americans -- Suffrage | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, African American | United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Participation, African American
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 90 | Title: | Dorothy E. Smith Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Smith, Dorothy E. Family | | | | Dates: | 1865-1995 | | | | Abstract: | Dorothy E. Smith was a Cleveland, Ohio, African American music teacher and the first African American member of the Cleveland Women's Orchestra. A violinist, she was a 1931 graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music and was a music teacher at the Cleveland Music School Settlement, the Phillis Wheatley Association, the Friendly Inn Settlement, and Knoxville College. She was also a supervisor for the Ohio State Department of Aid for the Aged until her retirement in 1973. Dorothy E. Smith was the daughter of Joseph W. Smith and Elizabeth Rayner. Joseph W. Smith moved to Cleveland in the late 1880s. He established a barbershop on Central Avenue in Cleveland, managed baseball teams in the 1890s and early 1900s, and was also a musician. The collection consists of correspondence, letters, cards, cemetery records, funeral programs, obituaries, legal files, memberships, a deed, certificates, newspaper clippings, student newspapers, playscripts, postcards, programs, reports, receipts, sheet music, yearbooks, and memorabilia. | | | | Call #: | MS 4854 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Smith, Dorothy E. 1905-1995. | Smith (Dorothy E.) family. | Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. | Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. | Cleveland Women's Orchestra. | Gilpin Players. | Central High School (Cleveland, Ohio) | Knoxville College. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American music teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American soldiers -- Correspondence. | African American sailors -- Correspondence.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 91 | Title: | Ardelia Bradley Dixon Papers
| | | | Creator: | Dixon, Ardelia Bradley | | | | Dates: | 1931-1991 | | | | Abstract: | Ardelia Bradley Dixon (1916-1991) was a lifelong African American rights activist and philanthropist in Cleveland, Ohio. Dixon served as secretary at the Antioch Baptist Church, Central High School, and John Hay High School. She served on the boards and committees of the Cleveland Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the Cleveland Public Library. In 1963, Dixon took part in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom for Colored People led by Martin Luther King, Jr., and was passionate about the issues of desegregation in schools and racial violence. She volunteered at the Interchurch Council of Greater Cleveland, the National Council of Churches, Fairhill Mental Health Center, and the Phillis Wheatley Center. The collection includes booklets, brochures, cards, church programs, correspondence, funeral booklets, hymns, letters, letters to the editor of the Plain Dealer, magazine and newspaper clippings, notes, pamphlets, photographs and negatives, postcards, schedules of events, scrapbooks, and telegrams. | | | | Call #: | MS 5199 | | | | Extent: | 1.80 linear feet (2 containers and 2 volumes) | | | | Subjects: | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African American women political activists -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African Americans -- Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority | Cleveland Public Library | Dixon, Ardelia Bradley, 1916-1991 | Interchurch Council of Greater Cleveland | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch | Public schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland | School integration -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African American History / Women's History
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 95 | Title: | In Their Own Words: An Oral History Project Records
| | | | Creator: | In Their Own Words: An Oral History Project | | | | Dates: | 1995-1996 | | | | Abstract: | In Their Own Words: An Oral History Project was conducted in 1995-1996 by the African American Archives Auxiliary Youth Advisory Council and supported by the African American Archives Auxiliary of the Western Reserve Historical Society. The project was funded with grants from the Cleveland Indians and Zapis Communications. Interviews with nineteen African American individuals of diverse backgrounds from the northeastern Ohio area were conducted by high school students Jamar Doyle, Tiffany Haddon, and Amy Worthy. The collection consists of an overall report on the project by coordinator Patricia A. Miles Ashford, individual reports by the student interviewers, and transcripts of the interviews. Those interviewed include Leon Bibb, William F. Boyd, Ernestine Brown, William Grace, Anthony Gray, Kenny Gray, Lomax Gray, Floyd Hoiston, Angeline Jeter, Samuel Jethroe, John D. McClindon, Jr., Louis Naylor, Harry Robinson, Charles Sallee, Jr., Glen Shumate, Harold Thomas, Owen Lynn Tolliver, Jr., and Ernest Williams. | | | | Call #: | MS 4746 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Interviews. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography.
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 99 | Title: | The Negro protest: James Baldwin, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King talk with Kenneth B. Clark
| | | | Creator: | Clark, Kenneth Bancroft, 1914- | | | | | Baldwin, James, 1924- | | | | | X, Malcom, 1925-1965 | | | | | King, Martin LutherJr, 1929-1968 | | | | Publication: | Beacon Press, Boston,[1963] | | | | Call #: | E185.61 C593 | | | | Extent: | 56 p. ; 21 cm. | | | | Subjects: | African Americans -- Civil rights | African Americans -- Interviews | African Americans -- Social conditions -- To 1964 | United States -- Race relations
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