This Web-museum is designed to highlight multiculturalism in Akron and Northeast Ohio from the earliest day of settlement until the present-day. Click on the links below to learn more information.

• Native Americans and Early Statehood 
• African Americans in Antebellum Ohio
• German and Irish Immigration
• African Americans in the Civil War
• Immigration and Migration in the Industrial Age 1870-1930
• African Americans in the WWII & Civil Rights
• Akron and Multicultural History Since 1965 

Credits

The content on this site was researched and written by:

Amber Repp
Samantha Whetherholt
Dr. Amanda Epperson
Dr. Gregory Wilson

Special thanks to The University of Akron Archives for their assistance, Melissa Olson for the web site design and Patrick Tabatcher for the web site development.