Lorain's Civil Rights Fighters
This project introduces Lorain, Ohio, during the politically critical time when Americans became involved in the vortex of the mid-twentieth-century civil rights movement. In particular, the project centers on African American residents of Lorain because they mobilized grass-roots activists for racial equality and justice although their names have barely been remembered. To explore, see the chapters below. This project results from the student-teacher collaboration at Lorain County Community College in December 2022 and 2023. More chapters will come.
Chapters
Deep Roots for Lorain's Civil Rights Movement (Will be available in the near future)
Project Team
Karina Morales (Fall 2022)
Amber Plum (Fall 2022)
Sarah Baldwin (Fall 2023)
Professor Jewon Woo, adviser
Acknowledgement
While this project came out of the class discussion and research by the members of the African American Literature class at Lorain County Community College, it would not have been possible without many people's help. Cheri Campbell at Lorain Public Library, Terry Metter at Cleveland Public Library, and Kaitlyn Donaldson at Lorain Historical Society offered critical research guides and databases, archives, and suggestions. Alexandria Romanovich at Tri-C introduced me to the Humanities Faculty-Consortium Student Project Narrative, encouraging me to brainstorm about this project with my students. Janeya Hisle at the Society made this class project useful for the learning public. Her passion for and knowledge of collecting the history of Black Lorain encourage the students to pursue their research. At last, this project is generously funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation through the Cleveland Humanities Collaborative (CHC) consortium. We are grateful.