School For Negroes To Be Built in West End
The board plans a $730,000 to $720,000 expenditure for a new Negro school at the southeast corner of Seventh and Cutter, facing Linton Park. The 300 foot frontage on Seventh and Barr streets and 1365 feet on Cutter will house 30 regular classrooms, gym facilities, and pools in a modified Spanish Renaissance building. The piece includes strong editorials demanding equal schooling and criticizing segregation.
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West End
Board of Education
Seventh and
Cutter Streets
Linton Park
Seventh Street
Barr Street
Cutter Street
Enquirer
Stowe School Bid Fears Jim Crow Rights Fight
A historical note explains the origins of Stowe School as a response to Jim Crow fears. It contrasts Douglass School in Walnut Hills as a longstanding colored school with aging associations and teachers, highlighting concerns about segregation and public education for Black students.
Miss Jennie Porter Shapes Douglass School Crisis and Rise of Stowe School
Narratives recount Miss Jennie Porter’s influence at Douglass School and clashes with Principal F M Russell. Following DeHart’s death her rhetoric provoked friction, leading to a new kindergarten style summer program and the opening of Stowe School as she aimed to be principal.
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Pal
Jennie Do
Dr. DeHart
Douglass School
DeHart
F. M. Russel
Cincinnati University
Miss Porter
Miss. Porter
Rusbel
Stowe School
Porter
Angel
Colored people of Pittsburg refuse Jim Crow schooling
The Colored people of Pittsburg united against a separate Negro school on West Front Street. They refused aid and sent their children to the regular public schools with other American children. The Jim Crow school closed for lack of patronage.
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Pittsburg
West Front Street
Cleveland Women Plan Jim Crow Detention Home Stirring Protest
A note from the Women’s Protective Association of Cleveland via Miss Sabina Marshall announces plans to establish a separate, race based detention home for girls. The policy change led to the resignation of C. Pridgeon, who opposed the Jim crow plan. Local groups urged action to prevent segregation in care facilities, arguing it harms equal opportunity in the city.
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Women’s Protective ’Association of
Cleveland
Sabina Marshall
Tts
Sterling House
C. Pridgeon
Estimad
Negro Church and Community Survey Undertaken
The Interchurch World Movement begins a nationwide study of conditions in Negro churches and communities across the United States and beyond as part of a broader survey of church and community needs for the nation and other countries.
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New York
Interchurch World Movement
United States
IBM
Ron Caro
Petition Tactics Stirred Support for Stowe School
A historian-like excerpt accuses organizers of pressuring signatures for a new Stowe School building. It details mass petitions, fundraising aims, and alleged tactics including social separation and racial rumors. The text also notes claimed paid pupil volunteers and white residents opposing integration amid accusations of disease spread by a prominent colored teacher.
School Board Knows of Plantation Stunt Controversy
Community members accuse school authorities of permitting humiliating plantation stunts by teachers for white amusement. Accusations target the principal nicknamed Jubilee Jennie and demand accountability for the humiliation of students and local people.
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Jennie
Les Go Hear to Niggers at Hall Exhibition Sparked Racial Tension
At a music hall event, an announcement over a megaphone directed attendees to "Stowe School Plantation Singers" provoking white spectators to shout a racial insult. The scene reflected racial tensions as the crowd dispersed toward the indicated group, highlighting ongoing prejudice and public discomfort.
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Les
Music Hall
Stowe School Plantation
Debated School Segregation Sparks Local Petition Drive
Colored residents are urged to send their children to Stowe School to gain teaching and job opportunities while pledging loyalty to their race. Critics warn white teachers will discriminate against black students in white schools, contrasting with colored schools where freedom of movement is praised. Petitions against Stowe School gain strong support from prominent city figures.
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Stowe School
Plan to segregate schools sparks moral battle
A charged plan proposes Stowe School and Cumminsville high school to exclude colored pupils and bribe families with teaching jobs for their children. The screed questions whether communities should sell their souls for money.
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Stowe School
Cumminsville
National Equal Rights League fights to end Jim Crow cars
At 2132 Fifth Avenue a committee of the National Equal Rights League reports Madden’s amendment to abolish Jim Crow cars gained only 12 votes in the House. The bill moves to the Senate and a plan urges Republicans to act to prove support or opposition, with pressure on Northern representatives to pass it and save the race and the party.
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League
Senate
New York
N. Y
Fifth Avenue
National Equal Rights League
Congress
Madden
Hays
Parents urged to sign against Sto School paper
Parents are warned that being told to sign a document opposing the Sto School is a trick by white factions aimed at suppressing Black families. The report frames the action as pressure rather than a legitimate petition.
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Cerberus
Ohio
Russel
Cleveland Gazette
Negro Survey
Kentucky
Ae Ang
JIM Crow
Ange
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