Available Works or Citations from Oral History Interview
Reverend Dr. Amos Brown discusses his childhood in Jackson, Mississippi and meeting Medgar Evers, who quickly became his mentor. Brown was a leader in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) as a teenager, leading the Jakson chapter and then the whole state Youth Council and traveling with Mr.. Evers across the country to attend a national…
Moses discusses the genesis of his interest in civil rights and his plan to found and operate the Free Southern Theater. He discusses Du Bois’s theory of African Americans’ double-consciousness and describes the importance of “Negritude,” which he characterizes as a sense of racial pride among African Americans. Moses discusses southern whites’ culture and whether attitudes toward race are changing…
The collection, mostly drawn from the Cleveland Public Library Archives, documents the history of the Cleveland Public Library at its branches and main library locations. Some highlights include annual reports, images from current and early branches, images of Main Library, bookplates, library cards, summer reading club buttons, bookmarks, and scrapbooks. There are also photographs of Cleveland Public Library directors, trustees…
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…
The Lesbian Gay Community Service Center of Greater Cleveland Oral History Collection began in 1995 in order to document gay and lesbian history in Cleveland. Interviews were conducted with members of the gay and lesbian community from 1995 to 2001 and in 2003. The collection was created by the Lesbian Gay Community Service Center of Greater Cleveland (LGCSC) and Stanley…
In part one of his two-part interview, Lorenzo Bell recalls his experiences as a black soldier in Italy and Austria during World War II. He describes his training and life in an artillery unit, and relates experiences as a black soldier in a segregated army. Lorenzo Bell was a soldier in Italy during World War II. As well as his…
In part two of his two-part interview, Lorenzo Bell describes his experiences as a black soldier in Italy and Austria at the end of World War II. He describes his post-war life and the racism he encountered at home. Lorenzo Bell was a soldier in Italy during World War II and before was a member of the choir group Wings…
In his 1971 interview with Henry La Brie III, Loeb discusses his early life and education and the circumstances that led him enter the field of journalism. He names prominent figures he worked with and encountered in his career. Next, Loeb talks about his time working with the Wokers Progress Administration (WPA) in New York City and his deployment to…
Mayor John V. Lindsay is joined, in this press conference, by Carl B. Stokes, Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. They discuss Stokes visit and his plans to establish a Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, which will be modeled after the council in New York City. Before this trip, Stokes was in Washington D.C. to testify before Congress on the Safe Streets Act….
Explore the life of one of Cleveland’s most impactful community builders, Rev. Emmitt Theophilus Caviness. His move from Texas to Cleveland in 1961 brought him to the Greater Abyssinia Baptist Church in Cleveland’s Glenville Community where he continues to marry social activism and spirituality today. His friendship with Martin Luther King and his own beliefs in the power of nonviolent…