Papers, 1947-1984, 1947-1949.

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Papers, 1947-1984, 1947-1949.

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Correspondence, speeches, reports, and news clippings. The collection pertains primarily to Minton's work with the Urban League of Cleveland and its efforts to eliminate job discrimination and promote black employment after World War II.

0.25 linear ft.

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7093155

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Urban League of Cleveland. Dept. of Industrial Relations.

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National urban league

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The National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes, later the National Urban League, resulted from the 1910 merger of three welfare organizations in New York, N.Y.: the Committee for Improving Industrial Conditions among Negroes in New York, the Committee on Urban Conditions Among Negroes, and the National League for Protection of Colored Women. From the description of Records of the National Urban League, 1910-1986 (bulk 1930-1979). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71130941 ...

Minton, Clifford E., 1911-

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Director of the Industrial Relations Department of the Urban League of Cleveland following World War II. Minton helped to integrate the white collar work force at such companies as Ohio Bell Telephone and the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, as well as department stores, bakeries and delivery services. Minton left Cleveland in 1949 and became executive director of the Urban League of Gary, Indiana. From the description of Papers, 1947-1984, 1947-1949. (Rhinelander District Li...

Urban League of Cleveland

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Organized in 1917, in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Negro Welfare Association of Cleveland to aid the adjustment of black workers coming to Cleveland during the Great Migration following World War I. Led by Wm. R. Conners for the first 25 years, it joined the National Urban League in 1930 and changed its name to the Urban League of Cleveland in 1940. Formed initially to confront barriers to economic opportunities and find jobs for black workers, by the 1930s the primary goal of the League was the issu...