Welcome to the Walnut Hills Historical Society!
On this site you’ll find lots of stories about this Cincinnati community — from its early settlements in the 1800s up to the revitalization that Continue Reading
Tag: Great Migration
Projects
SCPA Research on Gaines High School In 2024-25, students in the college-level class at SCPA traced some graduates of Gaines High School to document their Continue Reading
Welcome!
Welcome to Walnut Hills Historical Society! On this site you’ll find lots of stories about this community — from its early settlements in the 1800’s Continue Reading
Jennie Davis Porter
Jennie Davis Porter was born in 1876, the daughter of a school teacher and a former slave said to be Cincinnati’s first African American undertaker. 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