Icabod Flewellen Collection
Icabod Flewellen was born July 6, 1916 in Williamson, West Virginia. Flewellen’s dream was to build an Afro-American museum in Cleveland, Ohio so that others could see the accomplishments of Africans and those of African descent. To increase his knowledge of Negro history, Mr.. Flewellen enrolled at West Virgina State College (now West Virgina State University) at age 23 to…