Cleveland History
People, places and turning points in the history of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County.
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Researching Cleveland History: The Archives, Collections and Newspapers Worth Knowing
A guide to researching Cleveland history: which archives, libraries, newspapers and oral history collections to use, and how to get access to each one.
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The Hough Uprising of 1966: What Happened in Cleveland’s Hough Neighborhood
The Hough uprising, often called the Hough riots, was a week of unrest in Cleveland’s Hough neighborhood that began July 18, 1966, and left four people dead.
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Carl and Louis Stokes: Cleveland Brothers Who Changed American Politics
Carl Stokes was elected mayor of Cleveland in 1967, and his brother Louis served 30 years in Congress as Ohio’s first African American representative.
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Karamu House History: From Playhouse Settlement to Cleveland Landmark
Karamu House began in 1915 as a Cleveland settlement house founded by Russell and Rowena Jelliffe and grew into a nationally known home for Black theater.
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The Great Migration in Cleveland: How Black Southerners Remade the City
The Great Migration brought Black Southerners to Cleveland from the 1910s to the 1970s, and its Black population grew from 8,448 in 1910 to 287,841 in 1970.
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Garrett Morgan: What the Cleveland Inventor Really Invented
Garrett Morgan was a Cleveland inventor who patented a smoke breathing device in 1914 and an improved three-position traffic signal in 1923.
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