Beyond Civil Rights (Dust Jacket: Karamu's 50 Years Of Interracial Under- Standing, Achieved Through The Pursuit Of Excellence In The Arts)

Cleveland And New York: The World Publishing Company, 1966. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Photographs; With Ticket Stub From The Karamu Theatre. Vii, 216 Pp. Beige Cloth Stamped In Black And Gilt. First Printing Stated, 1966. Book Near Fine, Gilt Brilliant, Immaculate But Some Very Faint Water Marks In Center Of Fore Edge Of Text Block. Dust Jacket Price Clipped, Light Wear, Damp Spotting To Spine Panel. No Marks, But From The Library Of Russell Jelliffe And Rowena Woodham-Jelliffe (1892- 1992). With A Ticket Stub From The Karamu Theatre Circa 1930/ , Priced $1.20. Rowena Woodham-Jelliffe Became A Pioneer In The Field Of Interracial Theater As An Outgrowth Of Her Career As A Social Worker And Co-Founder Of Karamu House. Born And Raised In New Albion, Ill., She Came To Ohio In 1910 To Enter Oberlin College, Where She Served As President Of The Oberlin Women's Suffrage League And Met Her Future Husband, Russell W. Jelliffe. After A Year Spent Jointly As Graduate Students At The University Of Chicago, Rowena And Russell Were Married And Came To Cleveland To Establish The East Side Settlement House That Eventually Became Karamu. To Help Draw Their Largely African American Constituency Into The Settlement's Program, Mrs. Jelliffe Began Producing Children's Plays With Interracial Casting. An Adult Dramatic Group, The Gilpin Players, Was Organized In The Couple's Living Room In 1920. A Permanent Theater Was Opened In 1927, After 2 Summers' Study By Mrs. Jelliffe At The School Of Theater And Dance In New York. Besides Directing 100 Plays At Karamu From 1920-46, She Sometimes Wrote Plays For The Children And Once Completed A Play By Langston Hughes When The Final Act Failed To Arrive In Time. Mrs. Jelliffe Was Also A Campaigner For Civil Rights, Helping To Integrate The Wade Park Manor Dining Room In 1926 And Marching With Martin Luther King, Jr., In The 1960S. Her Papers Are At Case Western University.