Afro-American Studies Department, Oral History Project, Black Cincinnatians in the 20th Century

Records produced by an oral history project on black Cincinnatians in the 20th Century, including correspondence, tape recordings, transcripts, photograph albums, and a printed report. The project documents the lives of many lesser-known, but influential Cincinnatians.

The interviewees were:

Willie David Anderson: A member of the Marcus Garvey Movement - U.N.I.A. (Universal Negro Improvement Association).

Rufus Atwood: Former President of Kentucky State College

Ray Clark: Cincinnati physician for over 50 years. Clark was among the first group of Black physicians admitted to the staff of Cincinnati's Jewish Hospital.

Alvin Darden: Cincinnati physician who discusses prejudice against black physicians

Charles Dillard: Cincinnati physician involved with the Lincoln Heights Health Center and director of the Walnut Hills-Evanston Medical Center

Angelene Jamison: Professor and author of Black American literature and daughter of North Carolina sharecroppers

Mary Kent: Dressmaker and co-owner of The Thatched Roof, an Afrikan Clothing Boutique

Carolyn Ligon: Mother of four living on welfare

Loretta Cessor Manggrum: Religious songwriter and composer.

Lena Beatrice Morton: Retired teacher, administrator, lecturer and author of three books.

Myrtis Mosley: Associate Dean at the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Cincinnati and President of the Cincinnati Chapter of the Urban League

Wilbur Page: A minister involved in recreation in Cincinnati

Ida May Rhodes: Educator who taught in the Cincinnati Public School system for 42 years. Rhodes taught at Douglas Elementary School for 32 years before moving to South Avondale to integrate the faculty.

Eddie Sellers: Director of the West End Health Center, wife of a minister, and mother of 4 children. A graduate of the University of Cincinnati's College of Nursing

Tom Shaw: Artist

Donald Spencer: Real estate and insurance professional and graduate of the University of Cincinnati who wrote plays, musicals, and comedies as a young man

Willard Stargel: Teacher, coach, and graduate of the University of Cincinnati who grew up in Cincinnati's West End

John O. Thomas: Pianist and singer with a group called John Thomas and the Voice of Faith and a graduate of Woodward High School.

Harry Turner: The first Black probation officer in the Hamilton County Municipal Court Probation Department

Gilbert Young: Assistant Co-Curator of the University of Cincinnati's Fine Art Collection and Artist. Young is a graduate of the Cincinnati Art Academy

The interviewees were:

Willie David Anderson: A member of the Marcus Garvey Movement - U.N.I.A. (Universal Negro Improvement Association).

Rufus Atwood: Former President of Kentucky State College

Ray Clark: Cincinnati physician for over 50 years. Clark was among the first group of Black physicians admitted to the staff of Cincinnati's Jewish Hospital.

Alvin Darden: Cincinnati physician who discusses prejudice against black physicians

Charles Dillard: Cincinnati physician involved with the Lincoln Heights Health Center and director of the Walnut Hills-Evanston Medical Center

Angelene Jamison: Professor and author of Black American literature and daughter of North Carolina sharecroppers

Mary Kent: Dressmaker and co-owner of The Thatched Roof, an Afrikan Clothing Boutique

Carolyn Ligon: Mother of four living on welfare

Loretta Cessor Manggrum: Religious songwriter and composer.

Lena Beatrice Morton: Retired teacher, administrator, lecturer and author of three books.

Myrtis Mosley: Associate Dean at the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Cincinnati and President of the Cincinnati Chapter of the Urban League

Wilbur Page: A minister involved in recreation in Cincinnati

Ida May Rhodes: Educator who taught in the Cincinnati Public School system for 42 years. Rhodes taught at Douglas Elementary School for 32 years before moving to South Avondale to integrate the faculty.

Eddie Sellers: Director of the West End Health Center, wife of a minister, and mother of 4 children. A graduate of the University of Cincinnati's College of Nursing

Tom Shaw: Artist

Donald Spencer: Real estate and insurance professional and graduate of the University of Cincinnati who wrote plays, musicals, and comedies as a young man

Willard Stargel: Teacher, coach, and graduate of the University of Cincinnati who grew up in Cincinnati's West End

John O. Thomas: Pianist and singer with a group called John Thomas and the Voice of Faith and a graduate of Woodward High School.

Harry Turner: The first Black probation officer in the Hamilton County Municipal Court Probation Department

Gilbert Young: Assistant Co-Curator of the University of Cincinnati's Fine Art Collection and Artist. Young is a graduate of the Cincinnati Art Academy