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
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
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
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
Ohio Humanities' documentary film The Lincoln School Story airs on ThinkTV in Dayton! 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 resulted ... Read More
The Lincoln School Story is screening at the Murphy Theatre in Wilmington on February 10th! Following the screening will be a Q & A session with some of the marchers. The Lincoln School Story follows a group of Black mothers in Hillsboro, Ohio as they heroically fight for school desegregation. For over two years, they marched in what became one ... Read More
Get your free book and read along with the Clinton County Literacy Foundation on Facebook Live! The director of the Clinton County History Center will be the guest reader for Read Aloud Monday reading the book Step by Step: How the Lincoln School Marchers Blazed a Trail to Justice! Books were graciously donated to the Clinton County Literacy Foundation by ... Read More
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 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
Ohio Humanities' documentary film The Lincoln School Story airs on CET in Cincinnati! 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 resulted ... Read More
Come visit the Lorain Public Library Main Branch for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with William McDaniel as part of the Lorain County's Public Library celebration of Toni Morrison! 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 ... Read More
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
