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Tag: Black History

DeHart Hubbard at the Cincinnati Recreation Commission: A Music Historical Interlude

DeHart Hubbard grew up in Walnut Hills, completed his studies at the segregated Fredrick Douglass School, graduated from the (primarily white) Walnut Hills High School Continue Reading

First Baptist Church Narrative Description

Narrative description of building Summary First Baptist Church of Walnut Hills is an historically Black Church in the Walnut Hills neighborhood of Cincinnati. The congregation Continue Reading

Model Drug Store Walnut Hills Branch: what professional success looked like

Model Drug Store Walnut Hills Branch: what professional success looked like Model Drug Stores, the largest chain of Black-owned pharmacies in Cincinnati during the 1910s Continue Reading

Archibald Dickerson and the Walnut Hills Pharmacy, 1919-1924

Archibald Dickerson and the Walnut Hills Pharmacy, 1919-1924 We have seen that African American pharmacist Archibald Dickerson opened the Walnut Hills Pharmacy at 1126 Chapel Continue Reading

What did Black Patriotism look like in Walnut Hills during WW I?

 What did Black Patriotism look like in Walnut Hills during WW I? African American Pharmacist Archibald Dickerson presented a model of patriotism during the First Continue Reading

1900 Census: Mapping our Neighborhood

Using both Google Maps and Google Earth, we have been able to visually display the census data from 1900. Google Maps shows each dwelling, color Continue Reading

1900 Census: The Census Pages and the Sanborn Insurance Maps

The 1900 census is available online through many sites. We used FamilySearch.org, setting up a free account. Once you are logged in, use this link Continue Reading

1900 Census

1900 Census: Research, Maps and Insights

For the past few years, the college-level course on African-American History at the School for the Creative and Performing Arts has been dedicating time to Continue Reading

Andrew J. DeHart: Insurance, Financial, and Philanthropic Leadership, 1886-1909

We have seen that Andrew J. DeHart had joined the Grand Unified Order of Odd Fellows as a young teacher in Cincinnati in the mid-1870s. Continue Reading

A. J. DeHart: the Cincinnati Civil Rights League, 1886-1890

When Andrew J. DeHart returned to Cincinnati in 1885 with his wife, Jubilee Singer Jennie Jackson, the couple stepped into leadership roles in the Black Continue Reading

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Ante Bellum Arnett Law Beecher family Big Business Black Brigade Black Business District Black History Black Laws Brown Chapel Buildings Business Churches Church of the Advent Cincinnati Public Schools Civil War Culture Dangerfield Earley Education First Baptist Frederick Douglass School Gilbert Avenue Harriet Beecher Stowe Housing Industries Jacob Schmidlapp Kindergarten Lane Seminary Medicine NAACP Peebles Corner Peter Clark Philanthrophy Philanthropy Public Schools Race Relations Reconstruction Robert Gordon Self-emancipation Transportation Underground Railroad University of Cincinnati Victory Parkway Washington Terrace WEB DuBois Women's History

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