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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.
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 ...
Fairborn, Ohio, was described as a sundown town "up until recent years" in 1968. [125] Greenhills, Ohio, was a place where "blacks were excluded" by restrictive covenants sometime before 1978. [126] Marion, Ohio, hometown of United States President Warren G. Harding, enacted ethnic cleansing to remove its Black population in 1920. [127]
Two Ohio police officers were indicted by a grand jury in the death of a Black man whom officers restrained with a knee near his neck while he cried "I can't breathe," the county prosecutor ...
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]
Numerous institutions are facing threats in Springfield, Ohio, after former President Trump brought up unverified claims about the Haitian community during the presidential debate.
Officials in Springfield, Ohio temporarily closed City Hall on Thursday because of bomb threats, the city said on its website. ... September 12, 2024 at 4:48 PM. ... USA TODAY. All the celebrities ...
The Clark County Public Library traces its beginnings to the Springfield Lyceum in 1841 in Springfield, Ohio. [1] Various short-lived library associations followed and the library found a more permanent home on the second floor of Black's Opera House. The library housed 3,300 volumes when it opened to the public at this location in 1872.