Biographies

Massillon home town hero Horace Gillom, class of 1941, was end and punter on Paul Brown's Massillon Tigers during the 1938, 1939, and...

LaToya D. Young was born and raised in Massillon, Ohio. She began her road to education at home with five older siblings and a plethora...

Mark Bigsbee, a social entrepreneur, father, and community advocate, is a board member of multiple Stark County organizations which...

“Access. Access for the young people. Access of information, access of people, access of life.” -Homer Floyd Homer C. Floyd is a...

Ella and her sister Thelma would go to work with their mother, emptying trash cans at Massillon City Hospital. She witnessed patients...

Philip Mickens was about nine years old when the Civil War ended and slavery was abolished. Another six months passed before he and the...

Edward Grier was among the featured interview subjects in the recent "Missing History of Massillon: Unheard African American Stories"...

Ermine Henry Cunningham (1881-1946) holds baby Vivian, c.1916. Seen here on Second Street NE looking north to St. Mary Church in...

Mattie Fowler (1916-2001) graduated from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, and received her Master of Arts degree in French from...

Beverly Evans Smith served as the 26th National President and CEO of Delta Sigma Theta (2017–2021). Daughter of Willa Mae (Dumas) and...

Shiloh Baptist Church is the second oldest black church in Massillon, Ohio, founded in 1902, led by Rev. J.R. Greene. According to a 1917...

David L. Cargill was born in Ramer, Alabama on March 13, 1923 to Johnnie and Sadie Cargill. He was a member of Friendship Missionary...

Dr. Raymond Ballinger (1902-1979) was a doctor in Massillon for more than 30 years with an office at 18 South Erie Street. Dr. Ballinger...

Delta Sigma Theta was founded on January 13, 1913, and this year celebrated 110 years of service. We were also thrilled to meet with and...

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated was founded on January 15, 1908, and this year celebrated 115 years of service. It is the...

We had the privilege in 2022 to interview Dr. Phyllis Furlow Holmes during her visit to Massillon to celebrate the posthumous 99th...

Adding to the list of African American educators in Massillon is Academy Principal at GlenOak High School and former physical science and...

Mrs. Cheryl Whitfield has taught for almost 50 years. She received her undergraduate from Wichita State University and graduate degree...

Massillonian Private First Class Lamont Douglas Hill (1946-1967) served in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War in the...

Minnie Burke Traylor (1941-1997) was the daughter of Charles and Mary Earley Burke, Minnie graduated from Washington High School in 1959....