Green Book Cleveland is a restorative history project of the Center for Public History + Digital Humanities at Cleveland State University and Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Our main collaborators are ThirdSpace Action Lab, Cleveland Metroparks, Summit Metro Parks, Ohio & Erie Canalway National Heritage Area, Trust for Public Land, and Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park. With help from community members, we are preserving stories of Black leisure and entertainment in Northeast Ohio.
Project Creators
J. Mark Souther, Cleveland State University (Founder/Project Director)
Erin J. Bell, Cleveland State University (Developer)
Steering Committee
Jennifer Vasarhelyi, Cuyahoga Valley National Park (Chair)
Mera Cardenas, Ohio & Erie Canalway National Heritage Area
Donté Gibbs, Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Judith MacKeigan, Cleveland Metroparks
Arrye Rosser, Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Megan Shaffer, Summit Metro Parks
J. Mark Souther, Cleveland State University
Sean Terry, Trust for Public Land
Memory Project Subcommittee
Arrye Rosser, Cuyahoga Valley National Park (Chair)
Erich Schnack, Cuyahoga Valley National Park
J. Mark Souther, Cleveland State University
Student Researchers
The following students researched and wrote some of the original location narratives in Dr. Mark Souther’s Introduction to Public History course at Cleveland State University in fall 2021 or as graduate research assistants in summer 2022:
Abby Bennington
Tara Bostater
Cheyenne Florence
Aislinn Hall
Maya Hixon
Joey Hooks
Cameron Maffei
Courtney Martin
Erich Schnack
Duncan Virostko
Bali White
Sarah G. White
Jasmine M. Wilson
Andrew Zelina
Community Contributors
Aundra Willis-Carrasco