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| 1950-1959: A Decade of Change |
| 1950 |
"Enlarge the opportunity and the person
will expand to fill it."
~Dr. Eli Ginzberg~ |
| 1959 |
Diverse approaches were used to secure black
employment above domestic levels:
- Militant affirmative action tactics
- Persuasive group conferences, workshops, interviews,
research and correspondence
- Employment drives
- Political action
Individual Accomplishments:
- Mercer F. Bratcher – civic leader – won annual Brotherhood Award
- James E. Turner – in charge of URW’s Fair Practice Department
- Atty. Samuel T. Kelly – president of NAACP
- Atty. Rufus L. Thompson – assistant Law Director
- Earl Bruce Tate, Sr. – executive director Glendale Branch YMCA
- Julia Perry – musician and composer
- Kermit Moore – a baritone and cellist
- Jesse Owens – baritone
- George C. Miller – first black high school
counselor
- Martin O. Chapman – first black assistant
principal
- Laurita Sharpp – first black head librarian
- Herman Poole – inventor
- Dr. Edgar A. Toppin – first Negro faculty member hired full time at University of
Akron
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