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1	Title:	Penetrating the power structure: politicizing pluralism in Cleveland
	Creator:	Little, John C.
	Publication:	Cleveland?,1974?]
	Notes:	Typescript. A paper by John C. Little, Institute of Urban Studies, Cleveland State University. Bibliography: 2 leaves at end.
	Call #:	Pam. L147
	Extent:	20, [8] leaves. 28 cm.
	Subjects:	African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government
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2	Title:	Black Americans in Cleveland from George Peake to Carl B. Stokes, 1796-1969
	Creator:	Davis, Russell H.
	Publication:	Associated Publishers, Washington,c1985.
	Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 427-438) and index.
	Call #:	F34ZSL N3D26 1985
	Extent:	525 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
	Subjects:	African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government
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3	Title:	Local leadership in Black communities: organizational and electoral developments in Cleveland in the nineteen sixties
	Creator:	Chatterjee, Pranab, 1936-
		Wolford, Louise
	Publication:	School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland,c1975.
	Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
	Call #:	F34ZSL N3C49
	Extent:	xv, 238 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
	Subjects:	African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government
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4	Title:	Black Americans in Cleveland from George Peake to Carl B. Stokes, 1796-1969
	Creator:	Davis, Russell H.
	Publication:	Associated Publishers, Washington,[c1972]
	Notes:	Includes index. Bibliography: p. 427-438.
	Call #:	F34ZSL N3D26
	Extent:	525 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
	Subjects:	African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government
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5	Title:	Ray's Sausage Company Records
	Creator:	Ray's Sausage Company
	Dates:	1952-1993
	Abstract:	Ray's Sausage Company has been located in Cleveland, Ohio, on the corner of East 123rd Street and Imperial Avenue since it was founded by Ray Cash in 1952. The company factory manufactured and sold pure pork, beef sausage, pork and beef links, head cheese, and meat souse. The collection consists of advertisement information, client reports, competitor advertisements, delivery logs, delivery receipts, expense sheets, financial reports, financial summaries, government agency forms and tax information, inventories, meat industry pamphlets, newspaper clippings, personal papers, product packages and information, supplier lists and supplier receipts.
	Call #:	MS 5238
	Extent:	1.90 linear feet (5 containers)
	Subjects:	African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Cash, Raymond, 1919-1977 \| Meat industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Ray's Sausage Company (Cleveland, Ohio) \| African American History / Business/Industry / Labor/Union History
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6	Title:	Louis Stokes Scrapbooks
	Creator:	Stokes, Louis
	Dates:	1948-1998
	Abstract:	Louis Stokes (b. 1925) served in the United States House of Representatives from the 21st and 11th congressional districts of Ohio from 1968-1999, representing the east side of Cleveland and several of its suburbs. The first African American from Ohio to serve in the House of Representatives, Stokes chaired the House Select Committee on Assassinations, the Ethics Committee, the House Intelligence Committee, and the Appropriations Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs, HUD and independent agencies as well as work on the House Select Committee on Covert Arms Transactions with Iran. He was also a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus and the dean of the Ohio Congressional Delegation. The collection consists of 31 volumes containing mostly newspaper articles and clippings but also including awards, certificates, Congressional Record excerpts, editorials, invitations, magazine articles, newsletters, pamphlets, press releases, programs, and other such material. There is also an external hard-drive included with digital images of the volumes.
	Call #:	MS 5152
	Extent:	10.20 linear feet (31 volumes and 1 container)
	Subjects:	African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| African Americans -- Civil rights \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government \| Congressional Black Caucus \| Forbes, George L., 1931- \| Jackson, Jesse, 1941- \| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People \| Stokes family \| Stokes, Carl \| Stokes, Louis, 1925-
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7	Title:	Garrett A. Morgan Scrapbook
	Creator:	Morgan, Garrett A.
	Dates:	1913-1969
	Abstract:	Garrett A. Morgan (1877-1963) was an African American entrepreneur and inventor whose inventions included an electric traffic signal and gas mask. Morgan moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1895 and opened his own sewing machine sales and repair shop in 1907. He received a patent on his gas mask in 1912 and formed the National Safety Device Company to manufacture and market it. He also established the G.A. Morgan Hair Refining Company, The Cleveland Call and Post, and the Wakeman Country Club for African Americans. The collection consists of a scrapbook that contains mostly newspaper articles and clippings, but also includes letters detailing the success of his products, magazine clippings, pamphlets, photocopied autobiography samples, photographs, product order requests, and a subscription and induction notice to the National Geographic Society.
	Call #:	MS 5201
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African American inventors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Fire prevention -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| G.A. Morgan Hair Refining Company (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Inventors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Morgan, Garrett A., 1877-1963 \| Traffic signs and signals. \| Water tunnels -- Accidents -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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8	Title:	Community Action for Youth Records
	Creator:	Community Action for Youth
	Dates:	1958-1967
	Abstract:	Community Action for Youth was a social services agency in the Hough neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, created through a federal matching grant from the President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime in 1963. Its goals included the reduction of juvenile delinquency and poverty through increased social services, educational opportunities, and job training. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, financial documents, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, papers, proposals, reports, speeches, and statements.
	Call #:	MS 5227
	Extent:	1.20 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Community Action for Youth (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Hough (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Juvenile delinquency -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Poverty -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Race discrimination -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social conditions. \| Youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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9	Title:	Faith Community United Credit Union Records
	Creator:	Faith Community United Credit Union
	Dates:	1977-2001
	Abstract:	Faith Community United Credit Union was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Mount Sinai Baptist Church Credit Union in 1952 through the leadership of pastor Luther Hill. The collection consists of an anniversary booklet, annual meeting proceedings, and correspondence.
	Call #:	MS 5218
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Baptists -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Credit unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Faith Community United Credit Union (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Mount Sinai Baptist Church (Cleveland, Ohio)
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10	Title:	Alexander Martin Family Papers
	Creator:	Martin, Alexander Family
	Dates:	1927-1990
	Abstract:	The Alexander Martin family was a prominent African American family in Cleveland, Ohio. Alexander H. Martin Sr. graduated with a law degree from Western Reserve University in 1897, one of the first African Americans to do so. Martin had a long career as an attorney and was active in Cleveland city politics. His wife, Mary Brown Martin, was a teacher and the first African American to serve on the Cleveland Public School Board. Their son, Alexander H. Martin, Jr. was an attorney and the first African American to run for mayor of Cleveland. Their daughter, Lydia, was a librarian at Western Reserve University. Sarah Martin Pereira, another daughter, was noted for her scholarship and her commitment to education. The collection consists of awards, biographies, certificates, correspondence, diplomas, a funeral book, histories, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, programs, and publications.
	Call #:	MS 5210
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	African Americans -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Religion. \| African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Bahai Faith -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Bahai Faith \| Bahai women -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Martin family \| Mary B. Martin Elementary School (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Mt. Zion Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio)
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