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Laura Meckler author of “Dream Town”

Mandel JCC 26001 S. Woodland Road, Beachwood, Ohio

Come participate in the Cleveland Jewish Book Festival and see Laura Meckler, author of Dream Town! In this searing and intimate examination of the ideals and realities of racial integration, award-winning Washington Post journalist Laura Meckler tells the story of a decades-long pursuit in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and uncovers the roadblocks that have threatened progress time and again—in housing, in education, and ... Read More

David Baker, Ohio Poet

My Ohio

HeART Gallery at St. Paul's Lutheran Church 428 N Erie St, Toledo, Ohio

Come visit the HeART Gallery in Toledo for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with David Baker! David has lived in Ohio for more than thirty years, and his poetry springs directly out of his life and experiences here. These poems illuminate our villages and farms—from Lake Erie to the Ohio River—our big-city gardens, small-town neighborhoods, and family life. David ... Read More

Tom O Grady in front of lunar diagram

Not Since Tecumseh: Darkness at Midday over the Ohio Country – Total Eclipse of the Sun – April 8, 2024

Milan-Berlin Township Public Library 19 East Church Street, Milan, Ohio

Come visit the Milan-Berlin Township Public Library for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with Tom O'Grady! The last time Ohio was witness to a total eclipse of the sun was on June 16, 1806. The 1806 eclipse has gone down in history as Tecumseh’s Eclipse. Tecumseh was working to create a confederation of Native tribes to resist continued losses ... Read More

Serpent Mound — an Icon of Ancient Ohio

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Join the Richland County Genealogical Society online for a virtual Ohio Humanities' Speakers' Bureau event with Brad Lepper! Serpent Mound in Adams County is one of the largest and most spectacular earthen sculptures in the world. The age of the serpent is a subject of current debate with some archaeologists arguing that it was built by the Adena culture at ... Read More

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Mounds, Moon & Stars: The Legacy of Ohio’s Magnificent Earthworks

Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center 825 Gallia Street, Portsmouth, Ohio

The touring exhibition 'Mounds, Moon & Stars: The Legacy of Ohio's Magnificent Earthworks' will open at the Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center in Portsmouth, Ohio, February 3, 2024. Two thousand years ago Ohio was the epicenter of a flourishing and sophisticated cultural outpouring. The visionary Hopewell era peoples have moved on but their presence remains with us. From them ... Read More

The five plaintiffs in Clemons v. Board of Education and their attorneys stand in court on Sept. 29, 1954 while on their precedent-shattering mission. Front row, left to right: Plaintiffs Elsie Steward, Roxie Clemons, Zella Cumberland and Gertrude Clemons. Back row, left to right: Attorney Russell L. Carter, plaintiff Norma Rollins and attorneys Constance Baker Motley and James H. McGee. Photo by Harvey Eugene Smith of AP

Lincoln School Documentary Public Broadcast Premiere

WOSU TV Broadcast

Ohio Humanities' documentary film The Lincoln School Story premiers 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

Brown at 70 Lincoln School Marchers

The Lincoln School Story at the Ohio Statehouse

Ohio Statehouse 1 Capitol Square, Columbus, Ohio

The Ohio Statehouse celebrates Black History Month in 2024 with public events on Tuesdays. On February 6, at noon in the Statehouse Atrium, Melvin Barnes with Ohio Humanities will show the new documentary, The Lincoln School Story. The documentary follows a group of mothers and their children, The Lincoln School Marchers, in Southwest Ohio. They heroically fought for school desegregation ... Read More

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America 250 Grants Webinar I

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Join Ohio Humanities and Ohio's America 250 commission for a webinar about the grant opportunities available to support projects building towards America's sesquicentennial anniversary! This is the second round of grants. The America 250-Ohio Commission, Ohio’s official state commission charged with creating the celebration of the country’s semiquincentennial, announced it will offer grants up to $50,000 to nonprofit, education, and ... Read More

Toni Morrison

Lorain Public Library Open Mic Night

Lorain County Public Library Main Branch 351 W. Sixth St., Lorain, Ohio

The Lorain Public Library System has announced several programs planned in celebration of Toni Morrison Day! In 2020, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed House Bill 325, which officially designates Feb. 18, the birthday of the Nobel-prize-winning author, as Toni Morrison Day in Ohio. Morrison was born and raised in Lorain and worked for Lorain Public Library System for a short ... Read More

The five plaintiffs in Clemons v. Board of Education and their attorneys stand in court on Sept. 29, 1954 while on their precedent-shattering mission. Front row, left to right: Plaintiffs Elsie Steward, Roxie Clemons, Zella Cumberland and Gertrude Clemons. Back row, left to right: Attorney Russell L. Carter, plaintiff Norma Rollins and attorneys Constance Baker Motley and James H. McGee. Photo by Harvey Eugene Smith of AP

Lincoln School Documentary Airs on WOSU Plus

WOSU Plus

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

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Lincoln School Showing @ D.C. Black History Film Festival

Alamo Drafthouse Cinema 630 Rhode Island Ave. NE, Washington, District of Columbia

Ohio Humanities' documentary, the Lincoln School Story, has been accepted into the D.C. Black History Film Festival! The DC Black History Film Festival is an annual celebration of Black film, arts, and culture. The Lincoln School Story will be showing at the Alamo Cinema Drafthouse in Washington, D.C. alongside the following films: Register for the festival here. If you want ... Read More

The Women of Brown Humanities Kansas

Humanities Kansas: “The Women of Brown”

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Humanities Kansas is also hosting a series of programming celebrating the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Ed! Donna Rae Pearson, Collection Development and Museum Specialist at the Kansas Historical Society, joins Dr. Valerie Mendoza for “The Women of Brown.” Twelve Black women were plaintiffs in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case, but their contributions to the civil rights movement ... Read More

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