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King-Lincoln Bronzeville is a historically African American neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio.Originally known as Bronzeville by the residents of the community, it was renamed the King-Lincoln District by Mayor Michael B. Coleman's administration to highlight the historical significance of the district's King Arts Complex and Lincoln Theatre, amid collaborations with investors and developers to ...
WYTS (1230 AM) is a commercial black-oriented news radio station licensed to Columbus, Ohio.Owned by iHeartMedia, the station serves the Columbus metro area.Besides a standard analog transmission, the station is available online via iHeartRadio.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Performing and Cultural Arts Complex is a historic building in the King-Lincoln Bronzeville neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio.It was built in 1925 as the Pythian Temple and James Pythian Theater, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places and Columbus Register of Historic Properties in 1983.
Peaking at 75% black in the mid-1970s after five previous decades of the Great Migration increased the black population five-fold, DC is 46–49% black in 2018. DC remains the largest African-American percentage population of any state or territory in the mainland US.
A History of the Black Press. Howard University Press. ISBN 9780882581927. Ross, Felecia G. Jones (1996). "Democracy's Textbook: A History of the Black Press in Ohio, 1865-1985". In Suggs, Henry Lewis (ed.). The Black Press in the Middle West, 1865-1985. Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313255793.
Driving Park is an urban residential area on the Near East Side of Columbus, Ohio just south of Interstate 70.Mainly a middle-class, predominantly African American neighborhood, Driving Park and its surrounding neighborhoods consist of an area of 17,730 residents.
[15] [16] The CPD has faced numerous allegations of racial injustice regarding Black Columbus residents who were injured or killed, and how it handled the George Floyd protests in the city. [ 16 ] In 2021, it was reported that the county sees unusually high rates of fatal police shootings: the highest rate for any urban county in Ohio, and 18th ...
Benny Alba (1949– ), artist; born in Columbus; George Bellows (1882–1925), realist painter, known for bold depictions of urban life in New York City, becoming, according to Columbus Museum of Art, "the most acclaimed American artist of his generation"