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James Preston Poindexter (October 26, 1819 – February 7, 1907) was an abolitionist, civil rights activist, politician, and Baptist minister from Columbus, Ohio. [1] He was born in Richmond, Virginia and moved to Ohio as a young man. In Ohio he was a part of abolitionist and Underground Railroad societies and became a Baptist preacher. From ...
A nine-year effort began, in order to save the remaining two buildings. The James Preston Poindexter Foundation was established in 2014 to tell the story of the housing project. [1] In 2016, the Columbus Landmarks Foundation included Poindexter Village in its list of most endangered sites in the city. Later that year, the Ohio History ...
First known African American newspaper in Ohio. Columbus: The Columbus Post: 1995 [43] current: Weekly: Founded in 1995 by Amos Lynch after leaving the Call and Post. [44] Columbus: The Columbus Recorder: 1923 [43]? [43] Monthly newspaper [43] LCCN sn88077650; OCLC 18385332; Columbus: The Ohio Sentinel: 1949 [45] [44] 1963 [45] Weekly [45] LCCN ...
Brian Winston, president of 100 Black Men of Central Ohio, introduces the organization to others at an April community meeting. He is leading efforts to revive a Columbus chapter of the national ...
Black and Hispanic real estate developers account for less than 1% of the industry, according to Grove Collective Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based consulting group.
Robert A. Pinn (1879): [37] [38] First African American lawyer in Massillon County, Ohio and Stark County, Ohio [39] Clay E. Hunter: [45] First African American male judge in Stark County, Ohio (upon his appointment to the Canton Municipal Court in 1962) Kyle L. Stone (2021): [46] First African-American elected prosecutor in Stark County, Ohio
Owners and brothers James, 85, and Sherman Willis, 76, pose inside Willis Beauty Supply on E. Livingston Avenue in Driving Park. The store has been selling hair products since the late '60s.
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 ...