On April 4, 1968, fifty years ago this Wednesday, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
OHC and the James Preston Poindexter Foundation have been preparing the newest exhibit at the Ohio History Center. Learn more about what exactly we've been up to!
One of my all-time favorite collections at the Ohio History Connection has been the papers of the Vanguard League.
By flipping through the YMCA's records in the Ohio History Connection Archives, we can learn a lot about life on the Near East Side of Columbus during the twentieth century.
The Randoph Freedpeople build a new life in the Miami Valley
The Randolph Freedpeople reach Ohio.
Freedom despite three wills, a deathbed confession, and a desperate attempt to retain white affluence.
In 1855, Rosetta Armstead became the key defendant in a case that won her freedom and created tensions between Ohio and Kentucky that foreshadowed the Civil War.
During the 1940s, the Vanguard League campaigned in Columbus, Ohio, to fulfill their mission of "equality opportunity, liberty, and democracy for Negroes.”
African Americans have made a significant impact on Ohio and U.S. history.
