Monument Unveiled to Commemorate Historic 1967 Cleveland Summit

The American Cancer Society, Cleveland Cavaliers, National Basketball Social Justice Coalition, Cleveland’s 3-Team Alliance (Cavs, Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Guardians), and the Marcus Graham Project unveiled a beautiful monument on the outside of the American Cancer Society’s Cleveland office to commemorate the historic 1967 Cleveland Summit, a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement.

“The American Cancer Society is honored to be the site of this powerful installation honoring the Cleveland Summit 1967, which is considered one of the most important civil rights acts in sports history. It is our privilege that our Cleveland American Cancer Society building is on the very same location where the Negro Industrial Building stood, also known as an office of the Negro Industrial Economic Union, an African American empowerment organization founded by football star Jim Brown, who organized the Cleveland Summit 1967,” said Lenora Oeters, vice president of development, Ohio/West Virginia.

“Cancer affects almost everyone but does not affect all equally. Just as the 12 Black athletes stood for equality in 1967, the American Cancer Society is focused on health equity so that everyone has a fair and just opportunity to prevent, find, treat, and survive cancer.”

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