Mount Pleasant is a
neighborhood
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on the East Side of
Cleveland
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,
Ohio
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, United States. It borders the neighborhoods of
Buckeye–Shaker and
Buckeye–Woodhill to the north,
Kinsman to the west,
Union–Miles Park to the south, and the suburb of
Shaker Heights
Shaker or Shakers may refer to:
Religious groups
* Shakers, a historically significant Christian sect
* Indian Shakers, a smaller Christian denomination
Objects and instruments
* Shaker (musical instrument), an indirect struck idiophone
* Cockta ...
and the Lee–Harvard neighborhood of Cleveland's
Lee–Miles area to the east. The neighborhood has been home to numerous ethnic groups, first
Manx immigrants
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, then
Germans
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,
Czechs
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,
Russians
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,
Jews
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, and
Italians
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.
Today, it is a predominantly
African American
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neighborhood.
Together with Buckeye–Shaker, it is politically part of Cleveland's
Ward 4.
References
Further reading
*
Neighborhoods in Cleveland
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