Cynthia Connolly, Director of Programming at City Club of Cleveland will speak at YWCA for This Land is Whose Land?, a talk on Indigenous “erasure” and Native American representation. Register here.
Professor Hamlin served as the historical consultant for the CET/Think-TV documentary Let Ohio Women Vote, which chronicles the role of Ohio women in securing the vote — from Frances Wright, who in 1828 became the first woman to speak in public in Cincinnati, to Oberlin graduate Mary Church Terrell who became the founding president of the National Association of Colored ... Read More
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 of slavery through the rap of modern urban times.
The Over-the-Rhine International Film Festival is the nation’s first diversity film festival led by people in the disability community. The OTR Film Festival has partnered with the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and created the Freedom Film Series. Sponsored by Ohio Humanities, the second film in the series, Apart, from Academy Award® nominee Jennifer Redfearn (Best Documentary Short Sun Come Up), ... Read More
Join the Cleveland Restoration Society for the unveiling of the second historical marker on Cleveland’s Rights Trail. This marker honors former Cleveland Mayor Carl B. Stokes, the city's first Black mayor and the first Black mayor of a major American city. Immediately following the ceremony, the Cleveland Restoration Society will be serving a 50th birthday cake in honor of its ... Read More
Join Dr. Micala Evans and Dr. Imelda Hunt of the New Works Writers Series for a storytelling presentation entitled “Curators of our Art: From Africa to the Arts of American Freedom” that will include an introduction of Juneteenth, a sobering historical storytelling of the holiday's history, and conclude with stories of resilience among Africans who endured the hardship of slavery and ... Read More
Join the Hudson Library and Historical Society and Pulitzer-prize winning historian and author Annette Gordon-Reed for a live virtual discussion on the holiday and her book On Juneteenth. The book tells the sweeping story of Juneteenth’s integral importance to American history, and was named one of the Times Critics’ Top Books of 2021 and one of the best books of the year by the Washington Post, TIME, ... Read More
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 of slavery through the rap of modern urban times.
Join us for this Expo Community Conversation event brought to you in partnership with the World Affairs Council – Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky, Global Ties, the U.S. Department of State and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Join us for a discussion on how we bring Expos back to the United States and do so in a more inclusive way ... Read More
Letters served as the main source of communications between soldiers, nurses, and other military support personnel and their communities during the American wars of the 18th through mid-20th centuries. The written word connected the individuals far from home to their families and friends, providing comfort, support, and the exchange of news. This talk illuminates how private wartime letters provide insight ... Read More
The Newark Earthworks are the largest set of geometric enclosures and mounds in the world. The work of the Hopewell people who lived in Ohio circa A.D. 1- 400, these geometric earthworks covered nearly five square miles, using more than seven million cubic feet of earth. Why did the Hopewell build such monumental works? Were they prehistoric forts or ancient ... Read More
Join the Toledo Opera on Facebook or YouTube for their Blue Tuesday Talk on Tuesday, August 16 at 6:30 p.m. This free, virtual public panel discussion composed of artists, scholars, and Toledo community members goes beyond what’s on stage and delves into the themes found in Blue that can be seen in today’s contemporary society. Panelists include: Tazewell Thompson – NAACP Theatre Award-winning librettist ... Read More
