Identifier,991021
Interviewee,Michael White
Date,
Interviewer,Benne Christian
Abstract,"Michael Reed White is the former mayor of the city of Cleveland, Ohio. "
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1,"Born in Glenville, Aug 15th 1931, lived in Cleveland all his life. Moved from Glenville to near Columbus."
2,"Education during Glenville years, teachers at Glenville."
3,"Teachers at Cleveland Public Schools, valuing the student"
4,"Cleveland schools, Glenville teachers, leaving Cleveland/buying a farm"
5,"Rumors within politics, working for Dr. Johnson, OSU"
6,"OSU experience, encountering whites"
7,"OSU, civil rights, strike against OSU"
8,"Interning for Mayor of Columbus, parents"
9,Family
10,"Social activities, working"
11,"Demonstrations, first demonstration at 18"
12,"Demonstrations cont., campaign for city council"
13,Political gatherings and socializing
14,"""not going to eat until I shake every person's hand"" "
15,"Meeting Cleveland citizens, being honest in oral histories"
16,"Significant accomplishments in college, vegetable garden"
17,"Television - black/white tv, Carl Stokes' campaign"
18,"Politics motivating him to go to college, Vietnam war"
19,"OSU experience, socializing with students"
20,"Class president campaign in OSU, coalition"
21,"Coalition, Margnilization of groups"
22,"Different groups wanting economic security, physical security "
23,"Generational security, approach to campaign"
24,Looking at groups as a whole regardless of class/race
25,Class/race cont.
26,Class/race cont.
27,"Land grant colleges - explanation, agriculture"
28,College majors - beginning in agriculture
29,"Farming back in Cleveland, agriculture major program"
30,"Agriculture major program cont., lack of experience in agriculture"
31,"Agriculture program at OSU, meat to market"
32,Agriculture program cont.
33,Agriculture program cont.
34,Agriculture program cont.
35,Agriculture program cont.
36,City council member and Michael White meeting
37,City council member and Michael White meeting
38,Memory of eating at a deli
39,Deli memory cont.
40,Deli memory cont.
41,"Being open as a person, rooting for the underdog, personal/professional life"
42,Personal/professional life - now heads a horse rescue foundation and alpaca farm
43,"Horse rescue foundation, Yellow Butterfly Winery, Mandel Foundation"
44,"Mandel Foundation, grantees"
45,"""Do-good fix"" in Cleveland"
46,Question asked by interviewer
47,Growing up in Glenville and bringing experiences to OSU
48,"Newspapers, civil rights movement, Glenville riots"
49,"Going to OSU with the dream of becoming mayor of Cleveland, Lincoln and Morrill Towers"
50,"African American organization, bus discrimination "
51,Bus discrimination
52,Bus discrimination cont.
53,Bus discrimination cont.
54,Bus discrimination cont. 
55,"Bus discrimination cont., transitioning to a protest"
56,Bus discrimination cont.
57,Bus discrimination cont.
58,Meeting the head of OSU's public transportation
59,Bus threat
60,"Bus threat cont., bus driver fired"
61,Influences from various civil rights events to become engaged
62,Civil rights influences
63,Question asked by interviewer
64,Generations looking back at civil rights events
65,Looking back at history and applying it
66,"Applied knowledge of history, "
67,"People looking back, but not moving forward, reflecting back at Kent State and Glenville riots"
68,"OSU police tapping phone, discrimination"
69,"Arrested and tear gassed, relative to civil rights leaders endured"
70,"Turning 21, death threat"
71,"Illusion of ""everything's alright"""
72,"""We're all Obama"", college life impact"
73,Father facing discrimination
74,Mother doing the right thing
75,"Fighting the wrongs, segregation"
76,"Fighting to do the right thing, parents supporting him during civil rights fight"
77,Getting an education
78,"Tapping on phones,  education in the classroom and on the streets"
79,Importance of family especially in the present
80,Family support
81,"Crack problem in cities, arrival of crack"
82,"Strengthening the family, economic deprivation"
83,"""Men have to be men"""
84,Religion in America
85,Faith and hope
86,Christianity
87,Churches that help people with struggles
88,"Churches cont., "
89,Hope and sports
90,"Sports cont., "
91,"Winning and losing, Browns"
92,"Elders, influences, beliefs rooted in the past"
93,How to conduct oneself going forward
94,Remembering where one came from
95,Civil rights in the future generations
96,"Civil rights leaders influencing future generations, END"