The video below was created by Garth and I while participating in the Teaching America History: Sounds of History grant program sponsored by the ESC of Cuyahoga County and Cleveland State University’s Department of History. This 3 year program exposed to me to invaluable digital content for teaching history. One such source is the digital archive of the City Club of Cleveland. There are several other blog topics about the resources Garth and I have used because of the Sounds of History Program. Just click "sounds" in the categories to the left.
We were inspired to create this video after listening to several speeches by Carl Stokes, the first African-American mayor of a mayor of a major U.S. city, contained in the digital archives of the City Club of Cleveland. Garth and I discovered that racism within the political workings of Cleveland, at the time, pinned Mayor Stokes against the police and most other public officials of the time. Garth and I jumped on my motorcycle, Garth in the sidecar and headed to Glenville to re-trace the events that started the Glenville Riots. We found where the first casualties, Fred Evans and seven others, occurred. We spoke to several Glenville residents who remembered the riots and we were able to "live" Cleveland history. The film we created was meant to be an introduction to the Glenville Riots for students. A moving piece of media, the film is the catalyst to inspire students to become historical detectives and research the history of the Riots. The film has been on YouTube for almost 1 year, and we have had nearly 1,000 viewings and several comments. Collaboration meets digital media all thanks to the wonderful resources introduced to us from the Sounds of History Grant Program.
-Mike
We were inspired to create this video after listening to several speeches by Carl Stokes, the first African-American mayor of a mayor of a major U.S. city, contained in the digital archives of the City Club of Cleveland. Garth and I discovered that racism within the political workings of Cleveland, at the time, pinned Mayor Stokes against the police and most other public officials of the time. Garth and I jumped on my motorcycle, Garth in the sidecar and headed to Glenville to re-trace the events that started the Glenville Riots. We found where the first casualties, Fred Evans and seven others, occurred. We spoke to several Glenville residents who remembered the riots and we were able to "live" Cleveland history. The film we created was meant to be an introduction to the Glenville Riots for students. A moving piece of media, the film is the catalyst to inspire students to become historical detectives and research the history of the Riots. The film has been on YouTube for almost 1 year, and we have had nearly 1,000 viewings and several comments. Collaboration meets digital media all thanks to the wonderful resources introduced to us from the Sounds of History Grant Program.
-Mike
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