Ohio Humanities' documentary film The Lincoln School Story airs on WOSU TV in Columbus! When their school district refused to integrate after Brown v. Board of Education was decided in 1954, a group of Black mothers in Southwest Ohio marched their children to the white school, demanding admission, only to be turned away every day for two years. Their activism ... Read More
Join the Gahanna Branch of the Columbus Metro Library for a screening of Shutdown, a documentary created to tell the story of how Linden McKinley High School was repeatedly shut down in May 1971 due to racial tensions. Linden-McKinley High School was shut down multiple times in May 1971 due to escalating racial tensions at the school that reflected the ... Read More
Make sure to attend this panel discussion featuring Joe Blundo, columnist at the Columbus Dispatch, Rev. Gregory Kendrick, Jr., Executive Director of the Cory Glenville Community Center, and Reginnia Williams, Ph.D., the Distinguished Scholar of African American History & Culture at the Western Reserve Historical Society. The focus of the talk will be the activities of young adults in the ... Read More
Ohio Humanities' documentary film The Lincoln School Story airs on WOSU Plus in Columbus! When their school district refused to integrate after Brown v. Board of Education was decided in 1954, a group of Black mothers in Southwest Ohio marched their children to the white school, demanding admission, only to be turned away every day for two years. Their activism ... Read More
Join the Ohio Black Judges Association in partnership with Ohio Humanities for a panel discussion about the legacy of Brown v. the Board of Education! This panel a continuing legal education event open to the public. It will feature: Dr. Marilyn Sanders Mobley, Emerita Professor of English and Africana Studies at Case Western Reserve; Melvin Barnes, program officer at Ohio ... Read More
Join Ohio Humanities' staff and board for a screening of our Lincoln School documentary with a panel discussion at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland! The documentary screens at 4:30 pm, followed by a panel discussion featuring: Dr. Melvin Barnes, Jr., Historian and Ohio Humanities Program Officer; James Hardiman, civil rights attorney; Dr. Marilyn Sanders Mobley, Emerita Professor of English and ... Read More
The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE) will hold its 33rd annual international conference in Cincinnati, February 22-25 at the Hilton Netherland Plaza. Registration is now open for the conference, which will include a business ethics workshop, and an opening plenary called “Standing in the Gap: Doing Black History in Public,” featuring local curators and historians. The opening plenary ... Read More
The April 8, 2024, Total Solar Eclipse will stretch across North America, with the path of totality crossing Mexico, the USA, and Canada. Eclipse-watching has a rich cultural and scientific history that stretches back thousands of years to many pre-contact North American cultures and continues to inspire imaginations down to the present day. In conjunction with the 'Eclipsing History' podcast, BGSU's Departments of History ... Read More
Join the Contemporary Theater of Ohio at Studio 35 for the screening of a deeply moving documentary, The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant, by Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar. This Academy Award-nominated film provides a firsthand look at the relationships and emotions surrounding the closure of a GM factory in Moraine, Ohio. The film sets the stage for a ... Read More
Come visit the Delaware County Historical Society for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with William McDaniel! Black music has often served as a barometer of the times and lives of black people. This program, utilizing recorded music, explores various aspects and periods of black history by examining the music of each era. It ranges from the worksongs and spirituals ... Read More
This 1.5-hour-long Zoom kickoff event -- offered remotely to accessibly bring together diverse Marion County communities & participants -- will introduce the wider Marion County community to Marion Voices' Marion County Cultural Heritage Assets Mapping (CHAMP) Project: sharing project methodology, goals, & the core program team to the community, & collaboratively planning for our upcoming cultural heritage assets mapping sessions ... Read More
The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE) will hold its 33rd annual international conference in Cincinnati, February 22-25 at the Hilton Netherland Plaza. Registration is now open for the conference, which will include a business ethics workshop, and an opening plenary called “Standing in the Gap: Doing Black History in Public,” featuring local curators and historians. The opening plenary and ... Read More
