Say “labor” and “Akron” and the likely response will be “rubber.” That’s as it should be, but in “Labor in Akron, 1825-1945” the historian John Tully reaches back far earlier, even as far back as the founding of the city.
The laborers who dug the Ohio & Erie Canal, mostly Irish immigrants seeking opportunity after a famine and cholera epidemic, were paid a pittance and vulnerable to rattlesnakes and diseases like malaria. There were a few unorganized strikes, but conditions did not improve.
Other early labor activities included the forming of a carpenters’ union in 1837 and a factory workers’ strike in 1845. Akron was important in women’s rights, with early suffrage efforts and the momentous 1851 “Ain’t I A Woman” speech by Sojourner Truth.
A private prison is struggling to find facilities to take in nearly 800 inmates before its contract with the federal government expires in three months.
The Biden administration’s push to end contracts with private prisons has left federal authorities in Cleveland scrambling to find ways to house nearly 800 inmates.
How to celebrate Cleveland’s Black history during Black History month in February
Updated Feb 04, 2021;
Posted Feb 02, 2021
The ceremonial arch at Cleveland s African-American Cultural Garden was dedicated in 2016. Cleveland architect Daniel Bickerstaff intended it as the first phase of a larger project. The angled black walls below the arch represent the Door of No Return at Elmina Castle in Ghana, through which enslaved Africans passed before the Middle Passage to New World colonies. Steven Litt
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CLEVELAND, Ohio Ready to celebrate Black History Month?
Destination Cleveland encourages residents to attend one or more of the several virtual and socially distanced events, and exhibits throughout the Cleveland area to help further residents’ knowledge and understanding of Cleveland’s Black history. The Cleveland Public Library has a host of events, as well.
‘You look like one’: downtown Clevelander sues police, says he was profiled as May 30 rioter while picking up groceries
Updated Jan 26, 2021;
Posted Jan 26, 2021
Cleveland Police, the Ohio Highway Patrol and the National Guard block the Detroit/Superior bridge into downtown Cleveland, following Saturday s protests over the death of George Floyd.
Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com
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CLEVELAND, Ohio A downtown Cleveland resident arrested while trying to pick-up groceries he ordered during the curfew that followed the May 30 riot has filed a civil rights lawsuit against the city of Cleveland and the group of officers who arrested him.
Mehdi Mollahasani showed Cleveland police his ID, a pay stub with his East 9th Street address and his digital grocery receipt on his cellphone as proof that he walked to pick up groceries on May 31. He also told the officers that he was “not a looter,” according to the complaint.