Horace Sudduth and Women’s Institutions
We have explored Horace Sudduth’s support for the African American YMCA that opened on Ninth Street in 1916. This post will look at a series Continue Reading
Tag: Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs
Horace Sudduth’s Charitable Work during the 1910s
In the previous post we looked at Horace Sudduth’s business dealings in the West End during the 1910’s. We also noted that the Lincoln Theater, Continue Reading
Sadie Samuels: What Success Looked Like for a Black Woman in the early Twentieth Century
Sadie Samuels was born in 1892 in Cincinnati’s West End. In the 1900 census the household included the eight-year-old Sadie, an African-American girl; her grandfather Continue Reading
Grace Smith Slade
James and Mary Smith lived in the African American settlement near the Elm Street Colored School, on Maple Street (later 2912 Park Avenue). They were Continue Reading
Sarah Gibson Jones
Many African Americans in Cincinnati before the Civil War arrived responsible for their own freedom. Many had found ways as enslaved people to purchase their Continue Reading
Cincinnati Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs
African American Cincinnatians fared better than their sisters and brothers in the South during the years of Jim Crow beginning in the 1880’s, but even Continue Reading