Humanities Kansas is also hosting a series of programming celebrating the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Ed! Join Cheryl Brown Henderson, Founding President of Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, in conversation with Dr. Valerie Mendoza as they discuss the legacy of her family and what the Brown v. Board Supreme Court decisions means today, 70 years later. Registration is required ... Read More
Ohio Humanities' documentary film The Lincoln School Story premiers on WOSU TV 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
The Ohio Statehouse celebrates Black History Month in 2024 with public events on Tuesdays. On February 6, at noon in the Statehouse Atrium, Melvin Barnes with Ohio Humanities will show the new documentary, The Lincoln School Story. The documentary follows a group of mothers and their children, The Lincoln School Marchers, in Southwest Ohio. They heroically fought for school desegregation ... Read More
