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Russell H. Davis, Class of 1920. Mr.. Davis earned an A.B. degree in Education from Western Reserve College. He Received the B.S. degree (Chemical Engineering) in 1922 from the Case Institute of Technology. He played both football and basketball with the Western Reserve teams. After working for five years in industrial chemical engineering, Mr.. Davis received the first African-American male…
With a professional baseball career lasting from the jazz age to the space age, Pitcher Leory Robert Satchel Paige (1906-1982) established himself not only as one of the most dominant American athletes of all time, but also one of the most remarkable. Paige thus began his lengthy and nomadic professional baseball career. Records for the various Negro Leage Organizations are…
A group of women are shown posing for a picture while Evelyn G. Lowert presents an award to Shelby L. Thurman, the regional winner in the SCLC/W.O.M.E.N.’s National Oratorical Contest. Written on verso: Cutline — Mrs. Evelyn Lowery, Convenor-Coordinator of SCLC/WOMEN (Women’s Organization Movement For Equality Now) presents an award to Shelby L. Thurman the regional winner in the SCLC/WOMEN’s…
Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Class of 1971. Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones earned her undergraduate degree from Case Western Reserve University’s Flora Stone Mather College. She also received her Juris Doctorate from the Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 1974. She also holds honorary doctorates from Myers University, Notre Dame College, and Central State University. Congresswoman Jones is the…
Thomas E. Green transferred from the Case School of Applied Science to Western Reserve University Law School in 1905. He graduated from Law School in 1908. He was known as a fast broken-field runner (as half – black). He was also an outstanding track man and helped Case beat Reserve in a 1903 track meet. Mr.. Green also won two…
Dr. Thomas Jefferson Jones, Class of 1900. Dr. Jones earned his degree from the Western Reserve University Dental School in 1900.
On August 9, 1963, Jesse Owens won his fourth gold medal at the Berlin Olympics in the 4×100 meter sprint relay. A paper ticket stub for the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics. The ticket stub is for the day that Jesse Owens won his 4th gold medal. The front of the ticket has a background image of a stadium in gray…
On August 5, 1936, Jesse Owens won his third gold medal at the Berlin Olympics in the 200-meter sprint relay. A paper ticket stub for the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics. The ticket stud is for the one day that Jesse Owens won his 3rd gold medal. The front of the ticket has a background image of a stadium in gray…
A window card for the film The Bronze Venus. On the left side, the card features a black and white image of Lena Horne wearing an evening gown. On the right, in large red letters is [LENA / HORNE] followed by [THE SWING SIREN OF / “CABIN IN THE SKY” / AND “STORMY WEATHER” / IN / ‘THE / BRONZE…