Great Barrington / Eatonville / Joplin / New York / Cleveland / Detroit / Chicago / St. Louis / /
Company
NAACP / /
Country
United States / / /
Facility
Ronald J. Stephens The Library of Michigan / Idlewild Public Library / Library of Michigan / Idlewild’s Literary Heritage The Library of Michigan / /
IndustryTerm
library and information services / designated national historic site / /
Organization
state legislature / Mackinac Island State Park Commission / Department of History / Arts and Libraries / Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs / Harlem Renaissance / Ronald J. Stephens The Library of Michigan / Michigan Department of History Arts and Libraries / Michigan Center for the Book / Michigan Historical Center / Michigan Relay Center / /
Person
Robert B. Stepto Idlewild / Bill Cosby / Basie / Sammy Davis / Jr. / Stevie Wonder / Lewis Walker / Duke Ellington / Aretha Franklin / Ben C / Zora Neale Hurston / Jennifer M. Granholm / Charles Chesnutt / Lena Horne / Charles Waddell Chesnutt / B. B. King / Louis Armstrong / / /
Position
poet / author / librarian / editor / poet / Governor / first major black novelist / novelist / one of the founders / social activist / King / /
ProvinceOrState
New York / Michigan / Missouri / Florida / Massachusetts / /
Preserving Idlewild’s History– the Idlewild Public Library Today, Idlewild is a designated national historic site. As the era of segregation faded, so did the popularity of Idlewild. However, it