Joseph B. Foraker, Reconstruction, and Civil Rights
…he would exhibit a life-long loyalty to the aim of the Civil War, to end slavery and to extend equal rights to free and freed African Americans. After a late… Continue Reading
Walnut Hills Historical Society
stories and images from Walnut Hills, Cincinnati
…he would exhibit a life-long loyalty to the aim of the Civil War, to end slavery and to extend equal rights to free and freed African Americans. After a late… Continue Reading
…Girls – All Are Prospering. There are 500 physicians in Cincinnati. Of these less than a dozen are women. The first woman physician to come to Cincinnati was Dr. Elmira… Continue Reading
…Luther King Drive, that cut through the community not far from our schools. We even used magnifying glasses to examine prints of some of the old maps! We also saw… Continue Reading
…all business matters was high customer traffic and high volume sales. The large chain of stores allowed her to buy in bulk, and she was herself a prescription drug wholesaler…. Continue Reading
The previous half-dozen posts examined the way businessman Robert Gordon thrived in the growing, prosperous and culturally rich African American community in Cincinnati before, during and after the Civil War…. Continue Reading
…10 cases of ordinary flu, “nothing more than the old-fashioned grip. No laboratory test have been made … Influenza is common at this time of the year, and the number… Continue Reading
…for the high mortality rate in the Black community: there were then, as there are now, serious preexisting health conditions. A century ago, tuberculosis constituted the most common serious “comorbidity.”… Continue Reading
…now organized as a non-profit though still hustling its wares. https://www.pewabic.org/ . See also https://www.michigan.gov/documents/hal_mhc_mhm_pewabic-tiles_03-10-2004_92006_7.pdf and Jenny Nolan ,“Pewabic tile, Detroit’s art treasure” The Detroit News February 13, 2000 https://archive.ph/20130121110309/http:/info.detnews.com/redesign/history/story/historytemplate.cfm?id=23… Continue Reading
…house, offered some free lectures and religious films – perhaps to make the Black Middle Class comfortable in the building. That was positive for the neighborhood, to be sure, but… Continue Reading
…provided a north south through street, much more convenient for commuters than Gilbert Avenue with its high concentration of streetcar and commercial traffic. The wide Madison Road Extension emerging from… Continue Reading