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Local Voices: Intellect and Inspiration Series - Dr. Todd Michney and Kathleen Crowther (Part 1) Lines from Loganberry
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The Intellect and Inspiration Local Voices series seeks to engage and motivate the listener during these challenging times through the thought-provoking work of a local author. This week, Loganberry's Local Voices manager Miesha Headen interviews Dr. Todd Michney and Kathleen Crowther on the Cleveland Restoration Society's book (authored by Michney and edited in part by Crowther), The Making of Cleveland's Black Suburb in the City: Lee-Seville & Lee Harvard. This is the first episode of two that feature's Miesha's conversation with Kathleen and Todd, so make sure to tune in next week for the latter half of their discussion.
Kathleen H. Crowther has been Executive Director/President of the Cleveland Restoration Society (CRS) since 1987. During Ms. Crowther’s tenure, the Cleveland Restoration Society has grown dramatically into a large and influential preservation organization. The organization is particularly adept at developing partnerships that align historic preservation with economic development goals. Ms. Crowther has served in leadership capacities on the state and national levels, particularly in association with the National Trust for Historic Preservation (USA). Ms. Crowther was selected as the first local executive director to chair of the National Trust’s Statewide and Local Partners Program. She is affiliated with the National Arts Strategies organization which provides leadership development to arts’ leaders that helps them find new approaches to the toughest challenges they face. 1n 2007, she participated in an exchange with French professionals in conjunction with the Courants Program of the French-American Foundation (New York, NY). In 2010-11, she was a Visiting Scholar at the American Academy in Rome.
Todd M. Michney is an Assistant Professor in the School of History and Sociology who focuses on urban history, digital history, African American history, and the history of race and ethnicity. Dr. Michney is the author of Surrogate Suburbs: Black Upward Mobility and Neighborhood Change in Cleveland, 1900-1980 (University of North Carolina Press, 2017), as well as articles in the Journal of Social History, Journal of Urban History, Journal of Planning History, and Reviews in American History. His current research interests include black building tradesmen and the extent of African American access to New Deal mortgage supports. Michney has sat on the board of the Urban History Association and twice served as a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant evaluator.
You can purchase The Making of Cleveland's Black Suburb in the City: Lee-Seville & Lee Harvard here.
Loganberry elsewhere:
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The Intellect and Inspiration Local Voices series seeks to engage and motivate the listener during these challenging times through the thought-provoking work of a local author. This week, Loganberry's Local Voices manager Miesha Headen interviews Dr. Todd Michney and Kathleen Crowther on the Cleveland Restoration Society's book (authored by Michney and edited in part by Crowther), The Making of Cleveland's Black Suburb in the City: Lee-Seville & Lee Harvard. This is the first episode of two that feature's Miesha's conversation with Kathleen and Todd, so make sure to tune in next week for the latter half of their discussion.
Kathleen H. Crowther has been Executive Director/President of the Cleveland Restoration Society (CRS) since 1987. During Ms. Crowther’s tenure, the Cleveland Restoration Society has grown dramatically into a large and influential preservation organization. The organization is particularly adept at developing partnerships that align historic preservation with economic development goals. Ms. Crowther has served in leadership capacities on the state and national levels, particularly in association with the National Trust for Historic Preservation (USA). Ms. Crowther was selected as the first local executive director to chair of the National Trust’s Statewide and Local Partners Program. She is affiliated with the National Arts Strategies organization which provides leadership development to arts’ leaders that helps them find new approaches to the toughest challenges they face. 1n 2007, she participated in an exchange with French professionals in conjunction with the Courants Program of the French-American Foundation (New York, NY). In 2010-11, she was a Visiting Scholar at the American Academy in Rome.
Todd M. Michney is an Assistant Professor in the School of History and Sociology who focuses on urban history, digital history, African American history, and the history of race and ethnicity. Dr. Michney is the author of Surrogate Suburbs: Black Upward Mobility and Neighborhood Change in Cleveland, 1900-1980 (University of North Carolina Press, 2017), as well as articles in the Journal of Social History, Journal of Urban History, Journal of Planning History, and Reviews in American History. His current research interests include black building tradesmen and the extent of African American access to New Deal mortgage supports. Michney has sat on the board of the Urban History Association and twice served as a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant evaluator.
You can purchase The Making of Cleveland's Black Suburb in the City: Lee-Seville & Lee Harvard here.
Loganberry elsewhere:
Website: loganberrybooks.com;
Online store: store.loganberrybooks.com;
Bookshop.org affiliate page: bookshop.org/shop/loganberrybooks;
Hummingbird Digital Media affiliate page for eBooks: loganberry.papertrell.com;
Libro.fm audiobooks: Libro.fm;
Facebook: @loganberrybooks;
Twitter: @loganberrybooks;
Instagram: @loganberrybooks
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/loganberrybooks/support
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