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In February 1992, the Association of African American Museums began renting space from the museum. [11] The museum has hosted several important exhibits. In 1998, the museum held a first-of-its-kind exhibition of African American dolls. [12] (The museum has the third-largest collection of African American dolls in the United States.)
Sojourner Truth gave her famous "Ain't I A Woman" speech in Akron at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention in 1851. The city is and has been home to award-winning writers David Auburn and Terry Pluto. A former literary editor of Esquire, Adrienne Miller, came from the Akron suburbs; she later wrote the novel The Coast of Akron. [3]
In 1992, following research and feasibility studies, the Task Force submitted a report calling for the city to establish a cultural diversity center, which would present the history of African-Americans from Akron, to include a gallery and historical repository. [6] In 1994, the Gallery of Akron's Black History opened at The University of Akron ...
But inside two Akron classrooms, kids just want to learn history — in many cases, their own. 'Teach our history': What Akron students are learning in new AP African American Studies Skip to main ...
"Royal Rules of Ohio" follows the Agyekum sisters in Columbus, who must navigate life in their 20s as Ghanaian royalty. The youngest sister is a Kent grad. African royals in Ohio, including a Kent ...
Summa Health is a nonprofit integrated healthcare delivery system in Northeast Ohio, United States. [1] The Greater Akron Chamber (Ohio) [ 2 ] documents Summa Health as the largest employer in Summit County with more than 7,000 employees.
Summa now employs about 8,500 people, according to a Summa spokesman. The health system has about 1,300 beds and about 1,000 physicians at its facilities, which cover nearly 3 million square feet ...
This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in the state of Ohio. The history of African American publishing in Ohio is longer than in many Midwestern states, beginning well before the Civil War. In 1843, the Palladium of Liberty became Ohio's first African American newspaper. [1]