In 1914, Marcus Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association in Akron. Du Bois in 1920, and President Bill Clinton in 1997. A racially diverse city, it has seen noted racial relations speeches by Sojourner Truth in 1851 (the Ain't I A Woman? speech), W. Akron Center for Reproductive Health and portions of the 2014 Gay Games. Notable historic events in Akron include the passage of the Akron School Law of 1847, which created the K–12 system the popularization of the church architectural Akron Plan, the foundation of Alcoholics Anonymous, the Akron Experiment into preventing goiters with iodized salt, the 1983 Supreme Court case City of Akron v. Today, its economy includes manufacturing, education, healthcare, and biomedical research leading corporations include Gojo Industries, FirstEnergy, Huntington Bank, and Charter Spectrum. It was once known as a center of airship development. In the 1910s, Akron doubled in population, making it the nation's fastest-growing city.Ī long history of rubber and tire manufacturing, carried on today by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, gave Akron the nickname 'Rubber Capital of the World'. It was briefly renamed South Akron after Eliakim Crosby founded nearby North Akron in 1833, until both merged into an incorporated village in 1836. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek word ἄκρον : ákron signifying a summit or high point. The city was founded by Simon Perkins and Paul Williams in 1825 along the Little Cuyahoga River at the summit of the developing Ohio and Erie Canal. It is located on the western edge of the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau in Northeast Ohio about 40 miles (64 km) south of downtown Cleveland. The Akron metropolitan area, covering Summit and Portage counties, had a population of 702,219. At the 2020 census, the city proper had a total population of 190,469, making it the fifth-most populous city in Ohio and 136th-most populous city in the United States.

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