A Legacy in Story
Akron Stories collects, preserves, and celebrates the stories of Akron’s rubber workers and their descendants. The stories have been organized into the following categories:
Akron Life • History • The Work • Products • People & Identity
Still Segregated
Ophelia High’s parents moved to Akron from Middlefield, Georgia, and lived on a farm in East Akron.
Pineapple Belts
Rosalie Cavett’s father, Edmund A. Buzzelli, Sr., started working at the BF Goodrich company in 1943 as an operator in the hand cutting department for miscellaneous rubber stocks.
