In the years leading up to the Civil War, Ohio had more African American settlements than any other state. Owing to a common border with several slave states, i

Why was a nation, so fascinated with firsts, able to forget these black actors and this production so quickly? It is this question that Susan Curtis addresses i

A poignant, multi-generational saga of a mixed-race family in the US West and South from the antebellum period through the rise of Jim Crow. When Samuel Townsen

The history and heritage of African Americans in Xenia, Ohio goes back many years. It is outlined here as an opportunity to document and preserve this history f