Subject | • | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch. |
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| | • | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Periodicals |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. |
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| | • | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch |
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| | • | African American school principals -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | African Americans -- Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio). City Council. |
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| | • | Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | Forbes, George L., 1931- |
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| | • | Mt. Zion Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Phillis Wheatley Association (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | African American History / Women's History |
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| | • | African American arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Exhibitions. |
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| | • | African American lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | African American lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | African American philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. |
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| | • | African American women political activists -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities |
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| | • | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. |
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| | • | Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority |
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| | • | America-Israel Cultural Foundation. |
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| | • | American Jewish Congress. |
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| | • | Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations. |
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| | • | Central Conference of American Rabbis. |
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| | • | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Civil rights movements -- Mississippi. |
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| | • | Civil rights workers -- Mississippi. |
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| | • | Cleveland Museum of Art. |
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| | • | Cleveland Public Library |
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| | • | Cleveland imprints 1946-1949 |
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| | • | Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.) |
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| | • | Dixon, Ardelia Bradley, 1916-1991 |
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| | • | Garvin, Rosalind. |
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| | • | George, Zelma, 1903-1994. |
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| | • | Goodman, Andrew, 1943-1964. |
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| | • | Interchurch Council of Greater Cleveland |
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| | • | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 4 | Title: | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Cleveland Branch Records
| | | | Creator: | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Cleveland Branch | | | | Dates: | 1922-1969 | | | | Abstract: | The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a social and political action organization founded in 1912 as a Cleveland, Ohio, branch of the NAACP. Its purpose is to oppose racial inequalities in civil and political rights. The collection consists of reports, minutes, office files, financial records, newspaper clippings, brochures, pamphlets, broadsides, speeches, news releases and insurance policies. | | | | Call #: | MS 3520 | | | | Extent: | 26.40 linear feet (70 containers) | | | | Subjects: | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch. | School integration -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Race discrimination -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 5 | Title: | Harvey M. Williamson Papers
| | | | Creator: | Williamson, Harvey M. | | | | Dates: | 1936-1986 and undated | | | | Abstract: | Harvey M. Williamson (1908-1995) was an educator, civic and church leader. He was a teacher and a principal for the Cleveland Public School System, and served on the boards of many educational, civic, and church organizations. He was also a founder and the first chairman of the Black History Archives Project Advisory Committee (the African American Archives Auxiliary of the Western Reserve Historical Society), and served as a former president of the Phillis Wheatley Association. This collection consists of annual reports, a booklet, budgets, bulletins, church materials, the constitution and bylaws of Mt. Zion Congressional Church, correspondence, directories, material related to Juanita V. Williamson, meeting material, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Cleveland Branch records, newsletters, newspaper clippings, Phillis Wheatley Association records, a photograph, playbills, a play script, program booklets, a research paper, and a study bulletin. | | | | Call #: | MS 5494 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | African American school principals -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Mt. Zion Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | Phillis Wheatley Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 6 | Title: | Harvey M. Williamson Papers
| | | | Creator: | Williamson, Harvey M. | | | | Dates: | 1936-1986 and undated | | | | Abstract: | Harvey M. Williamson (1908-1995) was an educator, civic and church leader. He was a teacher and a principal for the Cleveland Public School System, and served on the boards of many educational, civic, and church organizations. He was also a founder and the first chairman of the Black History Archives Project Advisory Committee (the African American Archives Auxiliary of the Western Reserve Historical Society), and served as a former president of the Phillis Wheatley Association. This collection consists of annual reports, a booklet, budgets, bulletins, church materials, the constitution and bylaws of Mt. Zion Congressional Church, correspondence, directories, material related to Juanita V. Williamson, meeting material, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Cleveland Branch records, newsletters, newspaper clippings, Phillis Wheatley Association records, a photograph, playbills, a play script, program booklets, a research paper, and a study bulletin. | | | | Call #: | MS 5494 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | African American school principals -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Mt. Zion Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | Phillis Wheatley Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 8 | Title: | George Forbes Papers
| | | | Creator: | Forbes, Geoge | | | | Dates: | 1966-1990 | | | | Abstract: | George L. Forbes (b. 1931) was arguably the most powerful man in Cleveland, Ohio, politics during the 1970s and 1980s. His position as the President of Cleveland City Council from 1974-1989 was crucial in the relationships he formed with mayors Dennis Kucinich and George Voinovich which were sometimes contentious. He also used this prominent position to promote civil rights and minority-owned businesses. Forbes was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1931, coming to the Cleveland area in the 1950s to earn his degrees from Baldwin Wallace College in 1957 and the Cleveland Marshall College of Law in 1961. A lawyer by profession, Forbes was admitted to both the Ohio and Federal Bars in 1962. In 1963 he was elected to Cleveland City Council, where he served for 27 years. He assisted Carl B. Stokes in his mayoral runs, helped to establish the 21st District Congressional Caucus to improve race relations within the Democratic party, and formed the first African-American law firm in Cleveland. He was also involved in a number of civic organizations, including the Cleveland Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where he served as President from 1992-2012, The Urban League, The Council of Economic Opportunity, the Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs, the John Harlan Law Club, and the National Association of Defense Lawyers for Criminal Cases. Currently (as of May 2012), he is involved in the Freedom to Marry movement to end marriage discrimination against gay couples in Ohio and has resigned from the NAACP Presidency. George L. Forbes has also been embroiled in numerous controversies during his political life. He was acquitted of bribery, extortion, and theft in office in 1979, has plead guilty to ethics violations in dealing with the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation in 2007, and was sanctioned by the Ohio Supreme Court in 2008, which put his law license in jeopardy. During his career he has advocated for the poor and minority groups. He has worked against racial discrimination within a number of organizations, including the Regional Transit Authority and the Cleveland Police Force, created a mandate that a minimum percentage of construction work within the city be done by minority contractors/workers, and battled to improve inner city schools. The collection consists of awards, certificates, correspondence, financial records, legal documents, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, posters, research materials, speeches, and surveys. | | | | Call #: | MS 5136 | | | | Extent: | 2.81 linear feet (4 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Forbes, George L., 1931- | Cleveland (Ohio). City Council. | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch. | African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 9 | Title: | MS 5433 George Forbes Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | George Forbes | | | | Dates: | 1945-2014 | | | | Abstract: | George L. Forbes (b. 1931) was arguably the most powerful man in Cleveland politics during the 1970s and 1980s. His position as the President of Cleveland City Council from 1974-1989 was crucial in the relationships he formed with mayors Dennis Kucinich and George Voinovich which were sometimes contentious. He also used this prominent position to promote civil rights and minority-owned businesses. Forbes was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1931, coming to the Cleveland area in the 1950s to earn his degrees from Baldwin Wallace College in 1957 and the Cleveland Marshall College of Law in 1961. A lawyer by profession, Forbes was admitted to both the Ohio and Federal Bars in 1962. In 1963 he was elected to Cleveland City Council, where he served for 27 years. He assisted Carl B. Stokes in his mayoral runs, helped to establish the 21st District Congressional Caucus to improve race relations within the Democratic party, and formed the first African-American law firm in Cleveland. He was also involved in a number of civic organizations, including the Cleveland Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where he served as President from 1992-2012, The Urban League, The Council of Economic Opportunity, the Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs, the John Harlan Law Club, and the National Association of Defense Lawyers for Criminal Cases. He was acquitted of bribery, extortion, and theft in office in 1979, has plead guilty to ethics violations in dealing with the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation in 2007, and was sanctioned by the Ohio Supreme Court in 2008, which put his law license in jeopardy. During his career he has advocated for the poor and minority groups. He has worked against racial discrimination within a number of organizations, including the Regional Transit Authority and the Cleveland Police Force, created a mandate that a minimum percentage of construction work within the city be done by minority contractors/workers, and battled to improve city schools. The collection consists of awards, certificates, correspondence, financial records, legal documents, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, photographs, posters, research materials, reports, speeches, survey, and audiovisual recordings. | | | | Call #: | MS 5433 | | | | Extent: | 28.01 linear feet (31 containers, including one oversized container and one oversized folder) | | | | Subjects: | African American lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African American politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Forbes, George L., 1931- | Cleveland (Ohio). City Council. | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 10 | Title: | Ardelia Bradley Dixon Papers
| | | | Creator: | Dixon, Ardelia Bradley | | | | Dates: | 1931-1991 | | | | Abstract: | Ardelia Bradley Dixon (1916-1991) was a lifelong African American rights activist and philanthropist in Cleveland, Ohio. Dixon served as secretary at the Antioch Baptist Church, Central High School, and John Hay High School. She served on the boards and committees of the Cleveland Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the Cleveland Public Library. In 1963, Dixon took part in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom for Colored People led by Martin Luther King, Jr., and was passionate about the issues of desegregation in schools and racial violence. She volunteered at the Interchurch Council of Greater Cleveland, the National Council of Churches, Fairhill Mental Health Center, and the Phillis Wheatley Center. The collection includes booklets, brochures, cards, church programs, correspondence, funeral booklets, hymns, letters, letters to the editor of the Plain Dealer, magazine and newspaper clippings, notes, pamphlets, photographs and negatives, postcards, schedules of events, scrapbooks, and telegrams. | | | | Call #: | MS 5199 | | | | Extent: | 1.80 linear feet (2 containers and 2 volumes) | | | | Subjects: | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African American women political activists -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African Americans -- Civil rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority | Cleveland Public Library | Dixon, Ardelia Bradley, 1916-1991 | Interchurch Council of Greater Cleveland | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch | Public schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland | School integration -- Ohio -- Cleveland | African American History / Women's History
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 11 | Title: | Links of Cleveland, Incorporated Records
| | | | Creator: | Links of Cleveland, Incorporated | | | | Dates: | 1946-1991 | | | | Abstract: | The Links of Cleveland Incorporated was established in 1950 as a local chapter of a national non-profit, non-partisan volunteer organization of African American women. Beginning with its first president, Rosalind Garvin, the organization committed to educational, cultural, social, and civic activities to raise funds for charitable causes. Recipients of this fundraising have included the Cleveland National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); Karamu House; the Eliza Bryant Home; Forest City Hospital; the Jewish Welfare Fund; and, the Phillis Wheatley Association. The collection consists of administrative files, correspondence, budgets, financial records, minutes, memoranda, membership lists, newsletters, reports, programs, press releases, subject files, statements, histories, bylaws, guest books, handbooks, publications, transcripts, articles of incorporation, agendas, project files, and presidential files. | | | | Call #: | MS 4845 | | | | Extent: | 3.40 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Garvin, Rosalind. | George, Zelma, 1903-1994. | Jones, Adrienne Lash. | Madison, Leatrice. | Links of Cleveland, Inc. | Cleveland Museum of Art. | Karamu House. | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Exhibitions.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 12 | Title: | Arthur J. Lelyveld Papers
| | | | Creator: | Lelyveld, Arthur J. | | | | Dates: | 1901-1993 | | | | Abstract: | Rabbi Arthur J. Lelyveld served as senior rabbi of Anshe Chesed Congregation (Fairmount Temple) in Beachwood, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, from 1958-1986. Throughout his career he played key roles in national and local Jewish organizations and actively fought for civil rights. A native of New York City, Lelyveld received a B.A. from Columbia University in 1933, and was ordained at Hebrew Union College in 1939. From 1939-1944, he served congregations in Hamilton, Ohio, and Omaha, Nebraska. From 1944-46 he was Executive Director of the Committee on Unity for Palestine, and from 1946-1956 served as Associate National Director, and then National Director, of B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations. He also played leadership roles in a number of other national Jewish organizations, including American Jewish Congress, Central Conference of American Rabbis, and the Synagogue Council of America. On the local Cleveland level, he served in various capacities on the Cleveland Jewish Welfare Fund, the Jewish Community Federation, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Cleveland Chapter, and the Cleveland Board of Rabbis. Lelyveld was also the author of Atheism is Dead and of numerous monographs and articles. He was active in the civil rights movement of the 1960s, participating with other Cleveland clergy in voter registration efforts in Mississippi and serving as a minister-counselor to the Council of Federated Organizations under the auspices of the Commission on Race and Religion of the National Council of Churches. While serving in this capacity, Lelyveld was severely beaten. He also delivered the eulogy at the funeral of slain civil rights worker Andrew Goodman in 1964. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, sermons, writings, minutes, publications, newspaper clippings, appointment books, and certificates. | | | | Call #: | MS 4639 | | | | Extent: | 23.10 linear feet (26 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Lelyveld, Arthur J., 1913-1997. | Goodman, Andrew, 1943-1964. | Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) | American Jewish Congress. | Central Conference of American Rabbis. | Synagogue Council of America. | Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) | Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.) | Mississippi Freedom Project. | B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations. | Jewish Community Federation (Cleveland, Ohio) | America-Israel Cultural Foundation. | Union of American Hebrew Congregations. | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cleveland Branch. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Rabbis -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish sermons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Reform Judaism. | Reform Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Civil rights movements -- Mississippi. | Civil rights workers -- Mississippi. | Zionism. | Zionists -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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