Black History Month

Remembering Small Moments and Sweet Faces: African-American Children in Ohio Memory

If you’re a regular reader of the Ohio Memory blog, you’ll know that we strive to discuss a mix of topics, not …

If you’ve watched any television in the past twelve months, or read any newspapers, or consumed media of any kind, you have …

Have you heard the news? In years past, the Wilbur H. Siebert Collection on Ohio Memory–full of fantastic primary and secondary resources …

Ohio’s history with the anti-slavery movement is a long and storied one. Thanks to a group of documents newly added to Ohio …

Each year, we in the United States set aside February as Black History Month (incidentally, Canada observes Black History Month in February, …

This upcoming Tuesday, February 24, is the birthday of a remarkable figure in Ohio’s history. It was on this date in 1811 …

Ohio Memory is happy to announce that, like in years past, access to the Wilbur H. Siebert Collection is open to …

On February 6, 1820, the first organized group of African Americans migrated from the United States to present-day Liberia, due largely to …

49 years ago today, on February 21, 1965, Malcolm X was shot and killed by members of the Nation of Islam …

As tomorrow marks the start of Black History Month 2014, it seems a fitting time to highlight a unique item in our …