A Ghetto Takes Shape: Black Cleveland, 1870-1930 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780252006906)

Kenneth L. Kusmer is assistant professor of history at Temple University, where he teaches urban and social history. He was born in Cleveland and grew up on the east side of that city. He was educated at Oberlin College, Kent State University, and the University of Chicago. He received the Louis Pelzer Award of the Organization of American Historians in 1973.