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26. Myron Huff and Merle McCurdy at the El Morocco in Idlewild, Michigan
No full texthttps://kent-islandora.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/mccurdy_gallery/26/thumbnail.jpgPhoto of Merle McCurdy and his longtime friend, Myron Huff, performing a stage routine at Idlewild’s El Morocco Club, a popular after hour’s night club. Coined the “Black Eden” in the 1950s and 1960s, Western Michigan’s Idlewild was a unique vacation resort town that, during the era of segregation, was one of the few areas that allowed African Americans to acquire property and retreat. At its peak, it is estimated that this resort area served over 25,000 summer guests on the 4th of July in 1959. The boon eventually subsided with “the passing of the Civil Right Acts of 1964, the many rebellions that followed in 1968, the Vietnam War, a national recession in the early 1970s, and the inability of seasonal business owners in Idlewild to be competitive with other outlets in the United States” (Stephens, 2001, p.11). Sources Hart, J. (1960). A Rural Retreat for Northern Negroes. Geographical Review, 50(2), 147-168. doi:10.2307/211505 Stephens, R. (2001). Idlewild: The Black Eden of Michigan. Arcadia Publishing</p
Occopodian 1960
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The Kent Quarterly, Winter 1960
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Additional staff- Martin Pahls, Johanna Wirbel, Joan Secrest, Ed Stevens, Don Webb, Ethel Smith, Mary Cumming, Liz Brown, Louis Blanar, Mona Geissen, Katherine Knippenberg, Lynn Bagner, Winfred Kline, Ron Predika, Ron Warfield, Thomas Hume Fraser III
Contributors- John de Groot, Dennis Kievets, John Mincher, Betty Polacsek, Robert Greenberger, J.S. Tittle, Charlotte Casey, Donna Eckhardt, David Freeman, Monk-in-Exile, Katherine Andorf, Chuck Yulish, Joanne Ulrick, Winfred Kline, Dick Myers, Fred Packard</p
The Kent Quarterly, Spring 1960
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Additional staff- Martin Pahls, Johanna Wirbel, Don Webb, Ethel Smith, Mary Cumming, Liz Brown, Katherine Knippenberg, Winfred Kline, Ron Predka, Ron Warfield
Contributors- R.M.M., Ed Stephens, Robert Greenberger, J.S Tittle, R.D. Stock, Laura Boone, Dick Myers, Phillip R Shriver, Martin L Pahls, Joanne Ulrick, Joe Nigg, G. Earl Raybould, Charlotte Casey, Ronald Warfield, Tom Radonski, Lyle Linville, Dennis Kievets, C.R. Robinson, Jim Turek, Ray W. Neutzling</p
37. 1960s: Merle McCurdy & Nate Jones
No full texthttps://kent-islandora.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/mccurdy_gallery/5/thumbnail.jpgMerle McCurdy (left) and Nathaniel “Nate” R. Jones (right) shaking hands. In 1962, Merle hired Nathaniel “Nate” R. Jones, the first African American as Assistant U.S. Attorney. Initially, Merle felt uncomfortable appointing a member of his own race to this position. However, Robert F. Kennedy made it clear that the appointment of highly qualified minorities in these positions was exactly the reasons for Merle’s appointment in the first place. When Merle was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson to serve as General Counsel to National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (commonly known as the “Kerner Commission”) in 1967, Nate would join his team as Assistant General Counsel. Created in response to the racial violence that in America’s urban centers during the 1960’s, including Cleveland\u27s Hough neighborhood, the Commission investigated and reported on the cause of violence. While persons like J. Edgar Hoover blamed these riots of “communist sympathizers”, the Kerner Commission’s report came to a different conclusion. Distributed in March of 1968, the report determined that the cause of the rioting was from poverty that existed in the inner-city, a concern as relevant today as it was fifty years ago. Nate Jones would go on to become General Counsel for the NAACP, and, later, was appointed Judge to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Sources Jones, N., by Dana, R. (Personal Communication, December 4, 2015). Fisher, A. (2018, July 30). Nate Jones & Lyndon B. Johnson Administration. National Archives, Lyndon B. Johnson Library.</p
The Kent Quarterly, Spring 1959
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Additional staff- Don Baker, Malinda Shirk, Athalia Gertry, Lou Zelmon, Don Webb, William Kerby, Martin Pahls, Noel Egensperger, Carol Dexter, Jack Carlton, Dave Tabor, Joanne Minnis, Al Schleider
Contributors- Edward Pramuk, George D. Cameron III, Joanne Ulrick, Charles Hildebrandt, Donald Henderson, Richard M. Morris, Roman Tymchyshyn, Anne Rankin, Robert D. Mills, Robert M. Greenberger, Steve Tittle, Richard Resseger</p
Occopodian 1959
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The Kent Quarterly, Winter 1959
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Additional staff- Don Baker, Tom Gregor, Joanne Minnis, Malinda Shirk, Jean Metcalf, Lou Zelmon, Don Webb, William Kerby, Roman Tymchyshyn, Frances Louth, Martin Pahls, Noel Egensperger, Carl Yulish, Carol Dexter, Al Schleider
Contributors- E.L. McCormick, Robert Greenberger, Sheldon Jaffery, Chuck Yulish, Paul Zimmer, W.H. McGaughey, Martin Pahls, Roman Tymchyshyn, June McCann, Don Henderson, Richard M. Morris, William Kerby, Tom Gregor, Marcia Smeyak, Richard Morris</p
1959, Judge Allen Portrait Ceremony in Cincinnati
No full texthttps://kent-islandora.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/allen_gallery/31/thumbnail.jpgIn 1959, Judge Allen announced her retirement from active service to the United States 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. During an official unveiling of a portrait honoring Judge Allen’s career held on October 15, 1959, Justice Potter Stewart of the U.S. Supreme Court noted that Judge Allen\u27s distinguished career included 15 years of service for the Citizens of Ohio, followed by 25 years of service at the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. From the struggles of securing the vote, through 1959, Justice Stewart remarked that Judge Allen then remained "the first and only woman to hold that high judicial office." Captured in the photo is Judge Allen (center); joined by her eldest sister, Emeritus Dean of Women at The Ohio State University, Esther Allen Gaw (far right), and United States Senator Frank J. Lausche (second in on the left). Chief Justice of the 6th Circuit, the Hon. Thomas F. McAllister (far left), captured the spirit of Judge Allen\u27s legacy by stating the following: "The heart and mind of Florence Allen will flame for generations as a beacon for thousands of young women who will take their rightful places in government, in the practice of the law, and in judicial service - and lawyers and judges yet unborn will read the words she has written in the endless, ever-old, and ever new quest for justice."</p
The Kent Quarterly, Fall 1959
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Contributors- Laura Blough, Jack Carlton, Mandy Kaiser, Dick Meyers, Dwight White, J.S Tittle, Laura Boone, R.D. Stock, C.R. Robinson, Mary Martha Ritley, Robert Greenberger, Katherine Andorf, Joanne Ulrick, Joe Nigg
Additional staff- Martin Pahls, Johanna Wirbel, Joan Secrest, Judith Lynn Baker, Don Webb, Ethel M. Smith, Mary Comming, Harnam S. Sisodia, Mary Ann Koba, Angela Meilander, Louis Blanar, Malinda Shirk, Midge Williams
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