The Rise of Black Glenville

Glenville is a predominantly African American Community in Cleveland, Ohio. Beauty, protest, and activism characterize the neighborhood, especially 1950-1960.
Many of the people living in Glenville have lived through decades of its transitions starting with the days of The Gold Coast and continuing through the many changes in our country. We have gathered stories from five individuals who lived in Glenville during the 50’s and 60’s to help bring awareness to the vast history of Glenville. This exhibit is a curation of their stories.
The short documentary is apart of a digital exhibition, blackglenville.org

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  • @CoinHuntingDrew
    @CoinHuntingDrew Жыл бұрын

    RIP Mrs. Davis. She passed away at age 100 last year.

  • @LindaLesher

    @LindaLesher

    Жыл бұрын

    thank you I was gonna ask how old she would be today

  • @rolandbrown2979

    @rolandbrown2979

    7 ай бұрын

    🙏🏾 Blessings ❤

  • @danieldavis7269
    @danieldavis72698 ай бұрын

    OMG! I was watching this video and after a few mins I realized Mrs.Davis was my second grade teacher at Almira School back in around 1978

  • @johnmccormick3668
    @johnmccormick36689 ай бұрын

    Wonderful story. Wonderful people. Bless you all!

  • @sheedastackhouse
    @sheedastackhouse2 ай бұрын

    Just took a course at Tri C titled “Cleveland History” taught by a Caucasian from Pittsburgh. Let’s just say this 21 minute vignette gave me more understanding of the city’s history than the course did. Thanks for the upload we need more oral history preserved and handed down from our elders.

  • @beltuna9
    @beltuna93 жыл бұрын

    It's so good to see folks not giving up and staying put. Respect.

  • @Pax2023
    @Pax20232 ай бұрын

    I grew up in Glenville and this history brought back fond memories. Anyone remember Miles Standish elementary school?

  • @DD-lv4tb
    @DD-lv4tb8 ай бұрын

    Beautiful people and very educational ……thank you

  • @slimbull216
    @slimbull2163 жыл бұрын

    Great video.... where I was born and raised. My grandparents settled in Glenville from the south. ❤️🖤

  • @deloresvalexander2085
    @deloresvalexander20853 жыл бұрын

    I loved learning about a piece of my family history. Thank you for the knowledge! Blessings and prayers to everyone!

  • @MsCassie272
    @MsCassie2723 жыл бұрын

    Very nice. A wonderful piece of history. Thank you.

  • @Tricybear21
    @Tricybear219 ай бұрын

    This is an amazing story. My family is from the Glenville area.

  • @ehwestonful
    @ehwestonful4 ай бұрын

    Lived on 110th & St Clair from the early 50's into the Mid 60's.

  • @lawrencecoley1652
    @lawrencecoley16524 ай бұрын

    This is such a heartwarming and beautiful video but at the same time I am also from that neighborhood and I am 50 years old today and it’s really sad to see how far we’ve allowed our self to fall. It is really shameful.

  • @Jwall216
    @Jwall21610 ай бұрын

    I love this. I grew up on 93 and St Clair

  • @krezzykrezz
    @krezzykrezz3 жыл бұрын

    This is great! Thanks to all involved. (But note, the Glenville shootout was in 1968. Both 1966 and 1968 are given in different places of the video. The Hough riot was in 1966.)

  • @worldclasstraveler3530
    @worldclasstraveler3530 Жыл бұрын

    I'm from Cleveland and I still live here. I have even taken the History of Cleveland course at Cleveland State but I aint never, EVA heard how racism was this bad in Cleveland. My grandparents came up here from Georgia. Now the Glenville area is riddled with crime and violence. It makes me so sad what happened to those babies on the school bus back in the day. Those were babies!

  • @antunesiaharris32
    @antunesiaharris323 жыл бұрын

    Love! Love! Love!! Thank You So Much For Giving Voice To A Beautiful Place. My parents both grew up in the Glenville Neighborhood. My Dad was one of the kids who attended school in Little Italy. The experience scarred him. He is incredibly distrustful of "white people". We've bumped heads on the issue. This film helped to bring some fullness of his experience. I understand better. His concept of whiteness was formed out of being hit with bottles and the school bus being shaken in kindergarten.

  • @tammykennedy5653
    @tammykennedy56533 жыл бұрын

    My Favorite teacher was Ms Beverly Stokes at Parkwood Elementary, a beautiful woman that dressed up everyday, always sharp! She challenged me and gave me my 1st D probably in science. My Drill Team Instructor was Ms Boone! My favorite principal was Mr Kelso at John Hay HS. I always thought John Hay HS was Glenville too!

  • @Mxvdyy
    @Mxvdyy11 ай бұрын

    I literally grew up in that exact building on earl ave lol

  • @corinewallace9048
    @corinewallace9048 Жыл бұрын

    My era

  • @tonydialsr7190
    @tonydialsr71908 ай бұрын

    At 15:MIN 17SEC shows the news paper article about the Glenville riots . You had the information . I am in production how could you not get it right?

  • @1954koolaid
    @1954koolaid3 жыл бұрын

    I attended Hazeldell elementary in the early sixties and was "bused' during those years (we called it," transportation").To call it a rude awakening would be an understatement. We had to face facts though. Just as in 2020, people, especially Black people, need to face facts.Ooops ! I guess you can't face them until you know what they are.It's late folks, But not 'Too" late. PEACE!

  • @clarissasrussell
    @clarissasrussell10 ай бұрын

    Glenville Resident 44 years

  • @mauricesledge1862
    @mauricesledge1862 Жыл бұрын

    we must rebuild the Black community on together we rise on change.

  • @wiseinvestor7596
    @wiseinvestor7596 Жыл бұрын

    Wow im from East Cleveland i never knew this. Cleveland was always dilapidated when i grew up. Now i know why

  • @focused4841

    @focused4841

    Жыл бұрын

    How old are you

  • @Shonbonable
    @Shonbonable3 жыл бұрын

    I grew up here 1979-1983, 1985-1987.

  • @thebigskyguy
    @thebigskyguy Жыл бұрын

    It was a different time.

  • @sifisokaula1870

    @sifisokaula1870

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@ROCKET MAN they dignity and pride with zero percent victim hood mentality

  • @dammingbeaver216
    @dammingbeaver2168 ай бұрын

    My father, uncle, and godfather were Black Nationalist

  • @demetrius067
    @demetrius06710 ай бұрын

    Cynthia is fine 😘