"Established in 1879 by Chicago industrialist William P. Rend as a coal mining town, Rendville became a place where African Americans broke the color barrier."
Rendville, Ohio 1906 Established by William P. Rend in 1879, was one of the first integrated coal mining towns in Southern Ohio. The town’s African American community maintains a strong tradition of leadership serving as pastors and politicians.
Black Appalachia Map Source: Appalachian Regional Commission Census Data Overview.
Turner, William H, Edward J. Cabbell, and Nell I. Painter. Blacks in Appalachia. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1985.
Doppen, Frans H. Richard L. Davis and the Color Line in Ohio Coal: A Hocking Valley Mine Labor Organizer, 1862-1900. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2016.
Inscoe, John C. Appalachians and Race: The Mountain South from Slavery to Segregation. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2005.
Karales, James. Controversy and Hope: The Civil Rights Photographs of James Karales. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2013.
RL-10017-P-041 -- These images are from a series of photographs taken by James Karales (July 15, 1930 - April 1, 2002) between 1953 and 1957 in Rendville, Ohio, a small African American mining town in Appalachian Ohio. Duke University Libraries.
RL-10017-P-004 -- These images are from a series of photographs taken by James Karales (July 15, 1930 - April 1, 2002) Duke University Libraries Digital Collections and the Duke Digital Repository. https://repository.duke.edu/dc/karales
RL-10017-P-033 -- These images are from a series of photographs taken by James Karales (July 15, 1930 - April 1, 2002) Duke University Libraries Digital Collections and the Duke Digital Repository. https://repository.duke.edu/dc/karales
do-ph1490 -- U.S. Post Office Rendville, Ohio The Little Cities Archive · Shawnee, Ohio.
do-ph1489 -- Rendville, Ohio Emancipation Day-Brass Band Parade The Little Cities Archive · Shawnee, Ohio.
"Established in 1879 by Chicago industrialist William P. Rend as a coal mining town, Rendville became a place where African Americans broke the color barrier."
Rendville, Ohio 1906 Established by William P. Rend in 1879, was one of the first integrated coal mining towns in Southern Ohio. The town’s African American community maintains a strong tradition of leadership serving as pastors and politicians.
Black Appalachia Map Source: Appalachian Regional Commission Census Data Overview.
Turner, William H, Edward J. Cabbell, and Nell I. Painter. Blacks in Appalachia. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1985.
Doppen, Frans H. Richard L. Davis and the Color Line in Ohio Coal: A Hocking Valley Mine Labor Organizer, 1862-1900. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2016.
Inscoe, John C. Appalachians and Race: The Mountain South from Slavery to Segregation. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2005.
Karales, James. Controversy and Hope: The Civil Rights Photographs of James Karales. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2013.
RL-10017-P-041 -- These images are from a series of photographs taken by James Karales (July 15, 1930 - April 1, 2002) between 1953 and 1957 in Rendville, Ohio, a small African American mining town in Appalachian Ohio. Duke University Libraries.
RL-10017-P-004 -- These images are from a series of photographs taken by James Karales (July 15, 1930 - April 1, 2002) Duke University Libraries Digital Collections and the Duke Digital Repository. https://repository.duke.edu/dc/karales
RL-10017-P-033 -- These images are from a series of photographs taken by James Karales (July 15, 1930 - April 1, 2002) Duke University Libraries Digital Collections and the Duke Digital Repository. https://repository.duke.edu/dc/karales
do-ph1490 -- U.S. Post Office Rendville, Ohio The Little Cities Archive · Shawnee, Ohio.
do-ph1489 -- Rendville, Ohio Emancipation Day-Brass Band Parade The Little Cities Archive · Shawnee, Ohio.
"Established in 1879 by Chicago industrialist William P. Rend as a coal mining town, Rendville became a place where African Americans broke the color barrier."