Dovie Davis Sweet Papers 1935-1982

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Dovie Davis Sweet Papers 1935-1982

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Dovie Davis Sweet was a primary teacher in the Cleveland Public Schools, author, and active member of the Cleveland, Ohio, African American community. She wrote "Red light, green light", a children's book about Clevelander Garrett Morgan, and was active in many community groups. She helped organize the Glenville Area Community Council, Parkgate Avenue Street Club, East 111th Street Club, and the Retired Teachers' Union. She served as vice-president of the Cleveland Branch, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and helped with its membership drive, Freedom Fund dinner, march on Washington, and discrimination surveys. The collection consists of biographical materials, correspondence, files on the writing and promotion of "Red light, green light", clippings, and subject files, including those for the NAACP, the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Club, Florida Club, Delta Sigma Theta Club, and St. John's A.M.E. Church.

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Sweet, Dovie Davis

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Dovie Sweet (ca. 1910- ), a primary teacher in the Cleveland Public Schools, became well-known throughout the African American community in for her writing and organizational work. She was born and educated in Florida, attending Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University and then working in education in her home state for twenty years. She married Sherman Sweet in 1938, and they moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1943 where she graduated from Western Reserve University with a Master's Degree in Se...