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Come visit the Garst Museum at Darke County Historical Society for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers’ Bureau event with Valerie Boyer about the Underground Railroad in Ohio! Do we really know the story of Underground Railroad? This talk discusses the food, the clothes, the Ohio Black codes, the technicalities around “freedom”, and the length of the journey—in all its complexity. The … Read More

Come visit the Coshocton County District Library for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers’ Bureau event with Valerie Boyer about the Underground Railroad in Ohio! Do we really know the story of Underground Railroad? This talk discusses the food, the clothes, the Ohio Black codes, the technicalities around “freedom”, and the length of the journey—in all its complexity. The nuance of some … Read More

Come visit the Cleo Redd Fisher Historical Museum for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers’ Bureau event with Brad Lepper about the Newark Earthworks! The Newark Earthworks are the largest set of geometric enclosures and mounds in the world. The work of the Hopewell people who lived in Ohio circa A.D. 1-  400, these geometric earthworks covered nearly five square miles, using … Read More

Join the Warren Branch of the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with Ric Sheffield about his experience growing up Black in rural Oho. This program presents a glimpse into the Black experience in small town America as reflected in Sheffield’s book “We Got By: A Black Family’s Journey in the Heartland.” With actual and projected … Read More

Come visit the Tremont Rd. Branch of the Upper Arlington Library for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with Brad Lepper about the mastodon discovery that sparked a knowledge revolution. The 1989 discovery of this giant, ancient elephant-like creature opened an unprecedented window onto Ohio’s Ice Age. Archaeologists, biologists, and geologists studied the mastodon’s nearly complete remains (including its last meal) … Read More

Come visit Muskingum County History for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with Brandon Downing about how the Northwest Territory shaped the development of early America! This talk examines Marietta as a cultural heritage site that serves a crucial role in redefining American collective history by reconstructing a national identity based on the Northwest Ordinance, one of the most important, progressive, … Read More

Come visit the Marvin Memorial Church for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with Barry Jackisch about the history that led up to Night of Broken Glass. This presentation explores the increasing persecution of Jews and other targeted groups in Nazi Germany. Far from a random process, this persecution developed with the entire weight of the German state and legal system. … Read More

Come visit the Miami Township Branch of the Dayton Public Library for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with LuSter Singelton and Julia Applegate!

Come visit the Campus Martius Museum in Marietta for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with William Trollinger about the influence of the Ku Klux Klan in Ohio in the 1920’s. Having virtually disappeared in the late nineteenth century, the Ku Klux Klan exploded onto the national in the early 1920s, with perhaps five million members at its peak. While … Read More

Come visit the South Dayton Church of Christ with the Springboro Area Historical Society for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with William Trollinger about how statues are used to interpret the history of the Civil War! The 2015 mass shooting in Charleston and now the recent events in Charlottesville have added fuel to the intense and sometimes heated debate in … Read More