In 1945, after being forced out of the Hickox Building Gillespie and his law partner Clayborne George tried to rent a suite in the Citizens Building across the street. Unfortunately, they were turned away due to racial discrimination. The owner feared he would lose his original white tenants if he allowed Gillespie move his law firm into the suite. Gillespie and George searched for a year while filing lawsuit before finding another space. The new Bond Clothing building, shown at far right in this 1952 photo, replaced the Hickox Building. | Date: 1952 | Source: Cleveland Memory Project, Cleveland State University Library Special CollectionsDownload Original File
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Cleveland Memory Project, Cleveland State University Library Special Collections
