Andrew J. DeHart: Education and Sports at Frederick Douglass School
Click here to see more information about Black Baseball in Walnut Hills Andrew J. DeHart was born in Mississippi in 1855. His early biography is Continue Reading
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Fourth Grade History Club biographies
Dangerfield Earley Dangerfield Earley came to Cincinnati before the Civil War. He and Georgiana Jones married here in 1845. In 1860 they had four children Continue Reading
A brief history of the Frederick Douglass School buildings
1855: Dangerfield Earley’s School Before the Civil War many African Americans settled in Cincinnati. The city had a separate system of Colored Public Schools for Continue Reading
Frederick Douglass and Spencer Center Fourth Grade History Club Spring 2018
Fourth graders from Frederick Douglass School and the Spencer Center have a combined history club. The Douglass kids stay after school; always start with a Continue Reading
2018 Research Projects from UC/CPC African-American History Class
The 2018 UC/CPC class at the School for the Creative and Performing Arts composed 8 projects based on topics suggested by the digitization of businesses Continue Reading
Ida Mae Rhodes
Ida Mae Rhodes was born in 1899 and lived until 2000 – 101 years. She went to the University of Cincinnati; most records show her Continue Reading
Donald Spencer, Douglass School teacher
Donald Spencer was born in Cincinnati in 1915. He went to public schools and graduated from Walnut Hills High School in 1932. At Walnut Hills, Continue Reading
The Great Migration
In the nineteenth century, both before and after the Civil War, most African Americans lived in the rural South. Cincinnati had a relatively high African Continue Reading
Frederick Douglass Elementary School 2008
In 2008 Cincinnati Public Schools built the fifth Frederick Douglass School. The facility is a better fit for younger students than the 1980 structure. With Continue Reading
Frederick Douglass School 1980
In the late 1950’s through the 80’s, Cincinnati Public Schools tried to racially integrate its facilities. With many other public schools in Walnut Hills, the Continue Reading