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  2. South Fountain Avenue Historic District - Wikipedia

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    Developed during Springfield's industrial growth of the 1850s to the 1920s, the South Fountain Avenue Historic District encompasses about 15 square blocks south of downtown Springfield, across the street from South High School. Among its prominent early residents were Oliver S. Kelly, [1] William N. Whiteley, and Francis Bookwalter. [2]

  3. Lynching of Richard Dickerson - Wikipedia

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    The lynching of Richard Dickerson took place in Springfield, Ohio, on 7 March 1904. Dickerson was an African American man arrested for the fatal shooting of a white police officer, Charles B. Collis. A mob broke into the jail and seized and lynched Dickerson. Riots and attacks on Black-owned businesses followed.

  4. African Americans in Ohio - Wikipedia

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    In the early 1870s, the Society of Friends members actively helped former black slaves in their search of freedom. The state was important in the operation of the Underground Railroad . While a few escaped enslaved blacks passed through the state on the way to Canada , a large population of blacks settled in Ohio, especially in big cities like ...

  5. Life feels darker in Springfield, Ohio, since Trump made it ...

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    Springfield is a national talking point after Trump claimed immigrants were eating pets there. Locals told BI the claims had created a tense and, some say, dangerous atmosphere in the Ohio town.

  6. National Register of Historic Places listings in Clark County ...

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    North of Springfield at 4690 Urbana Rd. 39°59′33″N 83°48′13″W  /  39.992383°N 83.803717°W  / 39.992383; -83.803717  ( Kenton-Hunt Moorefield Township

  7. List of African-American neighborhoods - Wikipedia

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    Lincoln Heights (mostly burned down in September 2022 fire; parts of Weed have some Black residents but fewer compared to mid-20th century when most of the Black community worked on the railroads). Mono Lake and nearby Bishop, Mammoth Lakes and Round Valley developed large Black percentages near the NV state line.

  8. Springfield, Ohio, sues neo-Nazi group for relentless ... - AOL

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    Haitian immigrants and local officials in Springfield, Ohio, allege they were the target of a neo-Nazi group’s “campaign of hate and harassment,” which has now prompted a lawsuit. (Getty Images)

  9. Colleges in Springfield, Ohio, move to online instruction ...

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    March 21, 2024; Columbus, Ohio, USA; Clark State College is a public community college in Springfield, Ohio. It opened in 1962.