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| 1960-1975: Local Responses to National Issues |
| 1960 |
"It's time mankind, and that includes
the handicapped, start taking a long, hard look at itself... ...They will become better
citizens. Knowledge is power."
~ John Robinson, Akron resident, stricken by multiple sclerosis. ~ |
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 Student protest tactics:
- Sit-ins, selective buying campaigns, voter registration
campaigns, freedom rides, marches and filling jails
Efforts to defeat protest tactics:
- Police dogs, high-powered water hoses, beatings, clubbing
and tear gas
Riots replaced peaceful demonstrations:
- generally spontaneous
- directed more toward property damage – looting and burning
Concept of Black Power emerged – heritage, pride and unification for common
purpose |
| 1966 |
On-the-Job Training (O.J.T.) Program
instituted |
| 1968 |
Six days of civil disorder erupts in Akron:
- Nation Guard Troops called in
- State of emergency declared
- Curfew imposed
NAACP focused on police brutality, segregation and
discrimination in employment and housing
Two organizations designed to uplift the poor were Community Action Council and Model
Cities
Vern Odom voted "Social Worker of the Year" |
| 1969 |
Labor Education Advancement Program in
operation United Neighborhood Council Economic Development Program (EDP) implemented
Mayor John S. Ballard issued proclamation declaring 5 Mar 1970 as "Crispus
Attucks Day" |
| 1970 |
Economic Development Corporation became
operational |
| 1971 |
Ground broke for construction of Channelwood
Village Three street were named in honor of 3 members of Eta Tau Lamda, of Alpha Phi
Alpha
- Tate Terrance – for Bruce Tate Sr.
- Dunbar Drive – for Dr. John W. Dunbar
- Fleming Drive – for Atty. Artee Fleming
Miss Black Akron Pageant started: Winners -
- 1971: Rose Ann Woods
- 1972: Henrietta McDay
- 1973: Delma Lucas
- 1974: Gina Maddox
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| 1975 |
1960-1975 – Fields of Specialization
- Edward Davis – councilman
- Opie Evans – executive director of Akron’s Civic Unity Council
- Atty. Arthur Snell – assistant police prosecutor – first assistant to County
Prosecutor James Barbuto
- Robert Brown – appointed coordinator of City’s Urban Renewal Department
- Atty. William E. Fowler, Jr. – named to Board of Appeals and Review of U.S. Civil
Service Commission
- Atty. W. Howard Fort – first black appointed to serve as trustee of University of
Akron
- Atty. Joseph D. Roulhac – first Negro
appointed to Akron Municipal Court bench
- Frank Lomax III – director, City Demonstration Agency (C.D.A.)
- Atty. James R. Williams – elected second
Negro Councilman
- Edward V. Brown – director of Human Relations Commission for the City of Akron
- William M. Threatt, Jr. – administrator in Akron’s Department of Planning and
Urban Renewal
- William Ellison – president of Akron chapter of the Black Law Enforcement Officers
Association
- Thaddeus Garrett – special Assistant for Urban Affairs under Vice-President Nelson
Rockefeller
1960-1975 – Blacks in business and industry
- William McMillan – industrial design
- Walter Head – U of A’s first black graduate in mechanical engineering
- George W. Mathews – businessman – became one of Akron’s wealthiest
Negroes
- Horace St. John Stewart – civic activities led to naming of Horace St. John Stewart
Primary School
- Momconbeac, Inc., - first successful black-owned, black managed retail store
1960-1975 – Black educators
- Martin Chapman:
- Assistant principal at Thornton Junior High, Crouse and Margaret Park
- First black junior high school principal at Goodyear Junior High
- First black senior high school principal at Garfield High School
- Received Distinguished Citizen’s Award
- Awarded Freedom Foundation Award
- Presented with University of Akron’s Alumni Honor Award
- Ambrose Brazelton - "Braz":
- Physical Education Teacher
- Won Freedom Foundation Award
- Supervisor of elementary physical education at Ohio State Department of Education
- Appointed to direct the Model Cities Technical Assistance Office
- Abbie Willacy - Principal at Crosby School and Barber Elementary School
- Dr. Willa Player:
- President of Bennett College named director of Division of College Support in US Office
of Education
- Dr. Oscar Richie - Served on faculty of Kent State University
- Edith Richie – taught at elementary, junior high and senior high school levels in
Akron Public Schools
- Spurgeon Moore – music teacher, bandleader and assistant principal at North High
School
- George C. Miller:
- Teacher, counselor, director of South High School’s Skills Center and director of
Supplemental Services – Akron Public Schools
- Norma Marcere – counselor and school psychologist
- Andrew Bradley McClain:
- Worked at Akron Public Schools Hilltop House
- Director of Upward Bound program at Western Reserve Academy
- Remedial reading teacher at Lincoln School
1960-1975 – Black athletes
- Alex Adams – basketball and track
- Don Clark – football
- Bobby Nash – baseball
- Dr. Lu Wims – football, basketball and track
- Elmore Banton – track
- Tommy Dingle – football
Martin Chapman
– football
Harry Simpson – baseball
Ronald Delaney – boxing
Gus Johnson – basketball
Les Carney – track
1960-1975 – Blacks in medicine
- Dr. Luther Robinson – first black doctor to complete residency in pediatrics at
Akron Children’s Hospital
- Dr. Russell Platt – first black doctor to complete residency in internal medicine
at Akron City Hospital
- Dr. Haynes B. Robinson – pediatric pathologist
- Dr. Hayes Davis – nephrology
(science that deals with the kidneys, especially their functions or diseases)
- Dr. Wilfred B. Bozeman – chief of obstetrics and gynecology at Akron General
Medical Center
- Dr. John Poulson – chief of staff at St. Thomas Hospital
- Dr. E. Gates Morgan – general surgeon – first black treasurer in Summit County
Medial Society
1960-1975 – Black in the Arts
- Poets - Jerry Herbert, Lloyd P. Terrell, Thomas M. Sistrunk, Linda Brown Bragg
- Artists – Edith Player Brown
- Musicians – Len
Chandler, Kermit Moore, Bettye R. Palms
1960-1975 – Black humanitarians
- London Stone, Cleathus Johnson, John Robinson, Opie Evans, Dorothy O. Jackson, Pauline R. Kirk, Emma Jean
Stewart, Ida Talley
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