Abstract
Judge Burt Griffin discusses in great detail the battle to stop highway construction through the Shaker Heights-Cleveland Heights area, which was seen as a threat to those communities and to the ecological and environmental balance of the Shaker Lakes nature preserve. Griffin discusses the battle, which was driven by grassroots activists (and largely by women), in the context of Shaker Heights' unique history. Details on activist strategies; relevant financial, legal and environmental considerations; and class, gender, and age dynamics of community activism are also discussed. Also of note is Griffin's recollection of the changing political atmoshphere in Shaker Heights in the 1960s, when the city took a progressive stand on racial integration and fair housing.
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Interviewee
Griffin, Burt W. (interviewee)
Interviewer
Eakin, Martha (interviewer)
Project
Shaker Lakes Nature Center
Date
10-30-2006
Document Type
Oral History
Duration
63 minutes
Recommended Citation
"Burt W. Griffin Interview, 30 October 2006" (2006). Cleveland Regional Oral History Collection. Interview 902014.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/crohc000/202
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