Rendville

Rendville (HM2ASX)

Location: Corning, OH 43730 Perry County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 37.176', W 82° 5.414'

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Breaking the Color Barrier

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. In 1888, Dr. Isaiah Tuppins, the first African
American to receive a medical degree in Ohio, was elected
mayor, also making him the first African American to be elected a
mayor in Ohio. Richard L. Davis arrived in Rendville in 1882 and became
active in the Knights of Labor. He was one of the labor organizers
from the Little Cities of Black Diamonds region who helped found
United Mine Workers of America in 1890. An outstanding writer and
orator, Davis was elected to UMWA's national executive board and
organized thousands of African Americans and immigrants to join the union.

Adam Clayton Powell, Sr., another African American miner, arrived in
Rendville in 1884. In his own words, "sacrificed to the demon of
gambling" in this "most lawless and ungodly place," Powell had a
spiritual awakening at the Rendville Baptist Church. He later went on
to become the minister of one of the nation's largest Protestant
congregations, the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York
City. He led the struggle against racism as a founder of the National
Urban League and as member of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People and

was an influential spiritual leader
during the Harlem Renaissance. Roberta Preston was appointed postmaster
of Rendville in 1963, becoming the first African American woman in
Ohio to hold such a position. Following in her footsteps was Sophia
Mitchell who became Ohio's first African American woman mayor when
she became Rendville's mayor in 1969.

Details

HM Number	HM2ASX
Tags	20th Century, Black History, Churches and Religion, Industry and Commerce, Labor Unions, Politics
Year Placed	2010
Placed By	Sunday Creek Associates, Little City of Black Diamonds Council and The Ohio Historical Society
Marker Condition	No reports yet
Date Added	Sunday, August 26th, 2018 at 8:01am PDT -07:00

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UTM (WGS84 Datum)	17S E 406422 N 4386105
Decimal Degrees	39.61960000, -82.09023333
Degrees and Decimal Minutes	N 39° 37.176', W 82° 5.414'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds	39° 37' 10.56" N, 82° 5' 24.84" W
Driving Directions	Google Maps
Area Code(s)	740
Which side of the road?	Marker is on the right when traveling North
Closest Postal Address	At or near 6487 Main St, Corning OH 43730, US
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