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Clear All Subject Civil Rights Location United States, Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland State Ohio

Description:: Black Trailblazers, Leaders, Activists, and Intellectuals in Cleveland contains approximately 2000 images of 500 individuals selected from the photographs in the Cleveland Press Collection. The photographs in the collection generally date from the 1920s on, with most of them from 1960 to 1982 and are arranged alphabetically by the individual's last name. To be included in the collection, an individual had to be either born or raised in the greater Cleveland area or have lived a significant part of his/her life in the region.
Date of Original:: 1912/1990
Contributing Institution:: Michael Schwartz Library

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