The limits of black power : Carl B. Stokes and Cleveland’s African-American community, 1945-1971
by Leonard N. Moore
THE GREAT AMERICAN PARADOX:
TOM L. JOHNSON AND THE CONTROVERSY
SURROUNDING HIS ROLE IN HISTORY
A Thesis
Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
for the Degree Master of Arts
by
Eric Charles Lewandowski, A.B.
The Ohio State University
The Tom L. Johnson Testimonial Banquet, May 31, 1910
The Tom L. Johnson Testimonial Banquet, May 31, 1910
Program from the testimonial given for Tom L. Johnson on May 31, 1910 in New York City just prior to his death in 1911
Harold Burton: From Cleveland Mayor to Supreme Court Justice: Lecture by Joe Blake, October, 2022
Harold Burton: From Cleveland Mayor to Supreme Court Justice
Lecture by historian Joe Blake, October, 2022
Shaker resident Harold H. Burton was Mayor of Cleveland, U.S. Senator and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. His father Alfred accompanied Peary to the North Pole and his sister was the children’s author/illustrator Virginia Lee Burton.
Historian Joe Blake explores Burton’s political career and his legacy, including Burton’s tenure as a Republican Mayor during the New Deal, and his Supreme Court appointment just as the Court began to reexamine judicial support for segregation.
Cosponsored by Shaker Public Library and Shaker Historical Society.
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland celebrating 100th anniversary, Thursday August 10, 2023
A look inside the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, August 8, 2023
Allison Sutkowy, Marketing Supervisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, explains the details and history of the original vault built by York Safe & Lock Company from York, Pennsylvania
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland celebrating 100th anniversary (photos from exclusive tour)
Cleveland.com, Thursday August 10, 2023
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Ohio’s State Issue 1 has failed, Cleveland.com Weds August 9, 2023
Ohio’s State Issue 1 has failed
Cleveland.com, Weds August 9, 2023
By Andrew J. Tobias and Jake Zuckerman, jzuckerman@cleveland.com
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio’s State Issue 1 has failed as voters rejected Republican lawmakers’ attempt to make it harder for the public to propose and approve changes to the state constitution.
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What Happened When Violence Broke Out on Cleveland’s East Side 50 Years Ago? From Smithsonian Magazine
What Happened When Violence Broke Out on Cleveland’s East Side 50 Years Ago?
In the summer of 1968, the neighborhood of Glenville erupted in “urban warfare,” leaving seven dead and heightening police-community tensions
by Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian Magazine, July 24, 2018
Turning Cleveland into a freshwater capital by Brent Larkin July 23, 2023
Opinion by Brent Larkin, The Plain Dealer, July 23, 2023
Turning Cleveland into a freshwater capital
The failure to provide meaningful access to and to build an economy around all that freshwater has been one of this community’s longest-running failures.
Now that may be changing — in a major way.
Issue 1 aims at the heart of Ohioans’ citizen initiative powers. Here’s how we won them: Mike Curtin cleveland.com July 9, 2023
Issue 1 aims at the heart of Ohioans’ citizen initiative powers. Here’s how we won them
“As the stench of corruption worsened, Ohio produced more strong reform leaders than any other state. Most notable were the Rev. Herbert S. Bigelow of Cincinnati’s Vine Street Congregational Church, Cleveland Mayor Tom L. Johnson, the Rev. Washington Gladden of the First Congregational Church of Columbus, and Toledo Mayor Samuel M. “Golden Rule” Jones.”
by Mike Curtin
The inside story of how Larry Doby broke the American League’s color line 76 years ago – Terry Pluto July 5, 2023
The inside story of how Larry Doby broke the American League’s color line 76 years ago
by Terry Pluto, Cleveland.com Wednesday July 5, 2023
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