Church earns marker on Cleveland Civil Rights Trail

CLEVELAND (WJW) — It is almost the last marker. But it is the first in the hearts of many people.

Olivet Institutional Baptist Church has been more than a place of worship. It was a hub for the civil rights movement in Northeast Ohio and a center for political and societal change.

You didn’t just attend Olivet, you became a part of something a lot bigger.

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“All those people belonged here — all of them helped here. There was something going on here every night,” Pat Hoover said…

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