James. Adolph Norton papers, 1960-1968.

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James. Adolph Norton papers, 1960-1968.

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Consists of minutes, agendas, reports, correspondence, and publications, regarding activities of the Urban League, particularly work of the Housing Committee. Included is a report issued by the Urban League's Research Department entitled The Negro in Cleveland, 1950-1963, and issues of its two newsletters, Flash, and Stride.

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Norton, James A. (James Adolphus)

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James Adolph Norton was a professor of public administration at various colleges and universities around the country before moving to Cleveland, Ohio, where he served as Director of the Cleveland Foundation, chairman of the Housing Committee of the Urban League of Cleveland, and president of the American Society of Public Administrators in the 1960s. From the description of James. Adolph Norton papers, 1960-1968. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 43429964 N...

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...