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1Title:  Memorable Negroes in Cleveland's past: [Bibliographic references]    
 Creator:  Davis, Russell H. 
 Publication:   
 Call #:  F34ZSL N3D3 Bib. 
 Extent:  [4] leaves. 
 Subjects:  African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography
 
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2Title:  Walk in my footsteps: a fictionalized memoir    
 Creator:  Grooms, Martha. 
 Publication:  New Day Press, Cleveland, OH,1985. 
 Call #:  F34ZHA G877W 
 Extent:  x, 142, [6] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  Grooms family | Grooms, Martha | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography
 
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3Title:  In Their Own Words: An Oral History Project Records     
 Creator:  In Their Own Words: An Oral History Project 
 Dates:  1995-1996 
 Abstract:  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 conducted by high school students Jamar Doyle, Tiffany Haddon, and Amy Worthy. The collection consists of an overall report on the project by coordinator Patricia A. Miles Ashford, individual reports by the student interviewers, and transcripts of the interviews. Those interviewed include Leon Bibb, William F. Boyd, Ernestine Brown, William Grace, Anthony Gray, Kenny Gray, Lomax Gray, Floyd Hoiston, Angeline Jeter, Samuel Jethroe, John D. McClindon, Jr., Louis Naylor, Harry Robinson, Charles Sallee, Jr., Glen Shumate, Harold Thomas, Owen Lynn Tolliver, Jr., and Ernest Williams. 
 Call #:  MS 4746 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Interviews. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography.
 
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4Title:  Atkins, Harvey Bryan, 1974    
 Creator:  The Hampton Bulletin. 
 Date:  1974 
 Abstract:  Miscellaneous materials relating to Harvey Bryan Atkins, including: Alumni Issue of the Hampton Bulletin Vol. 102 No.3 (June-July 1974) featuring a biographical article about Harvey Bryan Atkins. 
 Language:  English (eng) 
 Call #:  SVF (Atkins, Harvey Bryan, 197...) 
 Extent:  0.01 linear feet (1 folder) 
 Media:  Bound Volumes, Newsletters 
 Subjects:  African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography. | Atkins, Harvey Bryan. | Urban League of Cleveland.
 
  
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5Title:  Road without turning: the story of Reverend James H. Robinson; an autobiography    
 Creator:  Robinson, James Herman. 
 Publication:  Farrar, Straus, New York,[1950] 
 Call #:  E185.97 R662A3 
 Extent:  312 p. 21 cm. 
 Subjects:  Robinson, James Herman | African Americans -- Biography | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography
 
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6Title:  Blacks in Ohio: 7 portraits    
 Creator:  McCluskey, John A. 
 Publication:  New Day Press, Cleveland,1976. 
 Notes:  Bibliography: p. 125. 
 Call #:  F34ZSL N3M12 
 Extent:  125 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | African Americans -- Ohio -- Biography | Cleveland imprints 1976
 
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7Title:  [Walkin' Talkin' Bill Hawkins: searching for my father's voice]    
 Uniform Title:  All things considered (Radio program) | Lost and found sound (Radio program)    
 Creator:  Taylor, William Allen. 
 National Public Radio (U.S.)
 Publication:  c1999. 
 Notes:  Typescript. Transcript of National Public Radio's program "All things considered," broadcast of Dec. 17,1999 , part of its "Lost and found sound series." Taylor interviews Clevelanders who knew his father, Walkin' Talkin' Bill Hawkins, Cleveland's first Black disc jockey. 
 Call #:  Pam. T721 
 Extent:  [6, 4] leaves ; 28 cm. 
 Subjects:  Hawkins, Bill | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | Disc jockeys -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography
 
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8Title:  A nickel and a prayer    
 Creator:  Hunter, Jane Edna, 1882-1971 
 Publication:  Jane E. Hunter Scholarship Committee, S.l.],1984 printing, c1940. 
 Notes:  Reprint. Originally published: Cleveland : Elli Kani Pub. Co., 1940. 
 Call #:  F34ZSL N3P5 H946 
 Extent:  198 p., [2] p. of plates : ill., port. ; 20 cm. 
 Subjects:  Hunter, Jane Edna, -- 1882-1971 | Phillis Wheatley Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography
 
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9Title:  Daze of my life    
 Creator:  Ward, Alvin E. 
 Publication:  KAT Publication, Cleveland, OH],[c1993]. 
 Call #:  F34ZHA W256A3 
 Extent:  xiv, 106 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. 
 Subjects:  Ward, Alvin E., -- 1925- | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography | Cleveland imprints 1993
 
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10Title:  Chester Himes: a life    
 Creator:  Sallis, James, 1944- 
 Publication:  Walker & Co, New York,2001. 
 Notes:  Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-336) and index. 
 Call #:  PS3515 I32Z84 
 Extent:  xiv, 368 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Himes, Chester B., -- 1909- | Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography | African American novelists -- Biography | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography
 
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11Title:  Leaving the folk: the journey out of a Cleveland childhood    
 Creator:  Richards, Phillip M., 1950- 
 Publication:  Harper's Magazine Foundation, New York,1995] 
 Notes:  Photocopy. Excerpt from Harper's, October 1995. 
 Call #:  Pam. R853 
 Extent:  76-86 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. 
 Subjects:  Richards, Phillip M., -- 1950- -- Childhood and youth | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography
 
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12Title:  Bridging Cleveland's multicultural backgrounds: an oral history anthology, 1992    
 Creator:  Cleveland Public Schools 
 Cleveland Education Fund Writing Collaborative.
 Publication:  Bridges, Cleveland, Ohio],[1992] 
 Notes:  "Published by Bridges: an oral history initiative for the Cleveland Public Schools; sponsored by the Writing Collaborative of the Cleveland Education Fund." 
 Call #:  F34ZH B851 1992 
 Extent:  52 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. 
 Subjects:  African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | Older people -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography
 
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13Title:  Windows: an oral history project of art, English, history students : John Hay High School    
 Creator:  John Hay High School (Cleveland, Ohio) 
 Publication:  John Hay High School, Cleveland, Ohio,c1993. 
 Call #:  F34ZH W765 1993 
 Extent:  43 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. 
 Subjects:  African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | Older people -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography
 
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14Title:  In darkness with God: the life of Joseph Gomez, a bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church    
 Creator:  Gomez-Jefferson, Annetta Louise, 1927- 
 Publication:  Kent State University Press, Kent, Ohio,c1998. 
 Notes:  Gomez once served as pastor of Cleveland's St. James A.M.E. Church. Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-423) and index. 
 Call #:  BX8473 G633G64 
 Extent:  xvi, 439 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  Gomez, Joseph, -- 1890-1979 | African Methodist Episcopal Church -- Clergy -- Biography | Bishops -- United States -- Biography | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography
 
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15Title:  The several lives of Chester Himes    
 Creator:  Margolies, Edward. 
 Fabre, Michel.
 Publication:  University Press of Mississippi, Jackson,c1997. 
 Notes:  Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-193) and index. 
 Call #:  PS3515 I32Z68 
 Extent:  xv, 209 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Himes, Chester B., -- 1909- | African American novelists -- 20th century -- Biography | African American prisoners -- Biography | African Americans -- Europe -- Biography | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography
 
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16Title:  The biography of a bail bondsman    
 Creator:  Brown, Edward Darnell. 
 Publication:  International Publishing Co, Cleveland, Ohio,1987. 
 Notes:  "Master of his profession." 
 Call #:  F34ZSP B878 
 Extent:  92 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. 
 Subjects:  Bail bondsmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | Criminals -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Fugitives from justice -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography | Cleveland imprints 1987
 
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17Title:  The civic and political activities of George A. Myers    
 Parent:  J. Negro hist. Journal of Negro history. Washington [etc.] Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. v. 58, no. 2, April 1973, p. 166-178    
 Creator:  James, Felix. 
 Publication:   
 Call #:  E185 J86 v.58, no.2 
 Extent:   
 Subjects:  Myers, George A., -- 1859-1930 | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | Politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography
 
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18Title:  Profiles of distinguished black alumni at Case Western Reserve University    
 Creator:  Johnson, Gwendolyn G. 
 Case Western Reserve University
 Publication:  Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH,c1987. 
 Call #:  Pam. C1764 
 Extent:  28 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. 
 Subjects:  Case Western Reserve University -- Alumni and alumnae | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | African American college graduates -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Cleveland imprints 1987
 
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19Title:  Legacy of pride: distinguished African American alumni families of Case Western Reserve University    
 Creator:  Case Western Reserve University 
 Publication:  Case Western Reserve University, Ohio],c1990. 
 Notes:  Cover title. Presentation copy to the Schomburg Centre for Research in Black Culture. 
 Call #:  Pam. C1765 
 Extent:  52 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. 
 Subjects:  Case Western Reserve University -- Alumni | Universities and colleges -- Alumni | African American college graduates -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography
 
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20Title:  The Stokes story    
 Uniform Title:  Plain dealer (Cleveland, Ohio : 1961)    
 Creator:  Stokes, Carl. 
 Publication:  Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio,1973] 
 Call #:  F34ZE S874a 
 Extent:  1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 28 cm. 
 Subjects:  Stokes, Carl -- Biography | African American mayors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government
 
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