Code,911056
Subject,Carol Close 
Date,6/18/11
Interviewer,Mark Souther
Abstract,"Carol Close describes the political scene of Coventry in the 1960s and 1970s. She was a political activist in the area and describes the neighborhood not only as a accepting place for hippies, but as an area that experienced a significant amount of political activism. "
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Minutes: ,29 minutes
0,"Born in Coshocton, Ohio. Moved to live with grandparents on East 131st and Miles. "
1,Mother took her to Coventry for sandwiches. Was a Civil Rights worker after college and began subbing. Moved to Hampshire in 1968. 
2,"Heard from a speaker who went to North Vietnam. Group had a meeting around area, the area accommodated to activists and hippies. "
3,A office for a Movement for a Democratic Society down from the Outpost Coffeehouse on E 123rd and Euclid. Where the anti-war movement for Cleveland was headquartered. 
4,Head shop near leather store. Moved into the apartment that of the head shop owners after they were arrested for selling marijuana. Close was an editor of an underground newspaper. 
5,"Paper worked out of the Outpost Coffeehouse. This area was a place where people congregated. The newspaper was entitled ""The Big Us"" and turned into ""The Burning River News."""
6,Describes the underground newspaper network and would get movies from the California Newsreel. Would show movies in churches. 
7,Coalition of people in the antiwar movements. Newspaper also coordinated the movement people. 
8,"After student takeover of campus at Case, newspaper moved into the Baker Building. Describes the Weather Underground- the Weathermen.  "
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10,"Recalls Carol Drugstore, on the corner where Hunan's is now. Coffee shops, the leather store, High Tide Rock Bottom. "
11,"The drugstore was nice, a neighborhood drugstore- nice smelling soaps and incense. "
12,Police wouldn't let people stand on the sidewalk and talk to each other. Tension between older Jewish people and the hippies. Politically active hippies couldn't live anywhere else in Cleveland. 
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14,Describes Coventry Street Fair. 
15,Active coffee shop scene in the 1980s. 
16,"Hell's Angels would hang out at the Seesaw, which is now the Grog Shop. "
17,"Did most political work in apartments because they didn't want to be harassed. Not everyone on Coventry was politically active, others were young and just wanted to be flower children. "
18,Recalls the places she frequented in the 1970s. Cargo and Daffy Dan's.
19,"Could buy tickets to rock concerts at Daffy Dan's. Record Revolution, Coventry Books. "
20,Not as many restaurants as today. Worked in the Cleveland Schools. 
21,With Civil Rights was mostly involved within the schools. Part of the Cleveland Women's Liberation Movement. 
22,"Bruce Clunder's wife, Joanne Clunder, started a preschool at the Church of the Covenant. Group in the Heights called Clergy and Laity Against the War- worked with CORE and Karamu House. "
23,Raised money for the Black Panther Party when the head of the party was arrested as an example of fundraising. 
24,A lot of free clinic people lived in Coventry along with hippies. 
25,"Organization met the needs that the city wasn't meeting. Antiwar, women's movement, free clinic, counter culture. "
26,"Unitarian Church hosted activistsand speakers. ""Old Lefties"" from the 1930s had children who were active around Kent State. "
27,"Old Lefties themselves would also attend events in Coventry. Activist lawyers lived around Coventry and Shaker Heights. Free Clinic had ""Safe Space"" where kids could run away to. "
28,"The Community Health Foundation had a ""helping the people"" mentality. Founders of the Kaiser Foundation. "
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