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.
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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."
