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Bobby Womack

Famous African-American R&B singer from Cleveland, Ohio

Cedar Central

The interviews in this series resulted from an initiative spearheaded by Campus District Inc. to document stories in conjunction with the planned closure of the high-rise building in the Cedar Estates housing project. Jane Addams High School students learned oral history techniques alongside CSU interviewers.

Dorothy Layne McIntyre Interview

Dorothy Layne McIntyre was born and raised in LeRoy, New York. She is the mother of interviewees Donn McIntyre Whyte and Dianne McIntyre. She was one of the first black women to receive a pilot’s license in the United States and possibly the first woman in Ohio to receive such a license. She went to West Virgina State College for…

Each in their Own Voice: African-American Artists in Cleveland, 1970-2005

The exhibition, Each in Their Own Voice: African-American Artists in Cleveland, 1970-2005, presented a survey of the work of 23 prominent African-American artists between 1970 and 2005 — a time in recent past characterized by breathtaking technological, cultural, social and artistic changes. During the exhibition, each artist was interviewed and encouraged to speak about their work, their lives, and the…

Fairfax and Glenville

Interviews in this series were collected by undergraduate students at Cleveland State University under the supervision of Drs. Mark Souther and Regennia Williams, with funding from the Office of the Provost. The series focuses on the African-American experience in the Fairfax and Glenville neighborhoods. Some of the interviews reflect collaborations with Antioch Baptist Church, Fairfax Renaissance Development Corporation, Famicos Foundation,…

Mr.. Emerson and Mrs. Verna Bickley

October 10, 1981 the first African-American family in Euclid were interviewed. Mr.. and Mrs. Bickley owned a home on Tracy when there were very few homes built. They chose this area because they wanted to live near the water. Mrs. Bickley attended Western Reserve while living here. She’d leave her home and walk to St. Clair to catch a bus…

Phil Hutchings Oral History Interview

The oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.42.1a, 2011.174.42.1b, 2011.174.42.1c, 2011.174.42.1d, 2011.174.42.1e, 2011.174.42.1f, 2011.174.42.1g, 2011.174.42.1i, and 2011.174.42.j. Phil Hutchings recalls growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, his parents’ involvement in many civic organizations, and attending Howard University. He remembers joining the Nonviolent Action Group (a precursor to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), protesting at the White Rice Inn in…

Phillis Wheatley Association

Interviews with staff and former campers at Camp Mueller, one of the nation’s first African-American summer camps, located in what is now the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. The camp is operated by the Phillis Wheatley Association in Cleveland, Ohio 

Racial Intergration in the Heights

Interviews in this series were collected by undergraduate students at Cleveland State University under the supervision of Dr. Mark Souther, with funding from the Office of the Provost. The series contains interviews with pioneers of suburban residential integration and social activists who supported peaceful managed integration/desegregation and fair housing in Cleveland Heights and Shaker Heights in the 1950s to 1970s.