Abstract
Robert O'Neal is the chief probation officer in Shaker Heights at the time of this interview. He was born in the Glenville area and moved to Shaker Heights when he was in the fifth grade. He went to school in Shaker, graduating from Shaker Heights High School. After high school he went to Morehouse College in Atlanta. While in college he worked on the campaign of Maynard Jackson, who became the first black mayor of Atlanta. From Atlanta he went back to Shaker for a few years then moved to Los Angeles. He returned home and got involved in the Moreland Community Association and attempted to run for council but lost. He is a Cleveland sports fan who got to attend the game in which the Cleveland Browns beat the Baltimore Colts in 1964 at the age 10.
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Interviewee
O'Neal, Robert (interviewee)
Interviewer
Klypchak,Timothy (interviewer)
Project
Provost Summer Program
Date
6-27-2013
Document Type
Oral History
Duration
57 minutes
Recommended Citation
"Robert O'Neal Interview, 27 June 2013" (2013). Cleveland Regional Oral History Collection. Interview 990030.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/crohc000/459
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