Abstract
Leroy Cowans moved from Columbus to Cleveland as a young child in the late 1930s, living first in the Central area and then in Glenville. During World War II, he lived in a foster home while his mother worked long hours in a factory. He discusses life on Cleveland’s east side in the 1940s-60s as well as the Glenville uprising of 1968.
Interviewee
Cowans, Leroy (Interviewee)
Interviewer
Downer, Nick (Interviewer)
Project
Cedar Central
Date
3-25-2013
Document Type
Oral History
Duration
53 minutes
Recommended Citation
"Leroy Cowans Interview, 25 March 2013" (2013). Cleveland Regional Oral History Collection. Interview 131007.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/crohc000/624
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