Consuelo Clark, MD: The first Black woman licensed to practice medicine in Ohio
Cincinnati native Consuelo Clark earned an MD in 1884 from the Boston University School of Medicine. She was the only Black student at the school Continue Reading
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Reconstructing the Destruction of Gaines High School
Cincinnati’s Colored Public School board, an institution established in the 1850s, created Gaines High School for our city’s Black students in 1866. Peter Clark, the Continue Reading
Black Baseball in Walnut Hills
Our neighborhood has a rich baseball history, most of it highlighting our African-American residents. In October, 2020, when the pandemic prevented us from going to Continue Reading
Peter Clark: the Father of Black Baseball in Cincinnati
Click here to see more information about Black Baseball in Walnut Hills Peter Humphries Clark was the Father of Black Baseball in Cincinnati. He is Continue Reading
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
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
Cincinnati Black Brigade
Black Walnut Hills resident Peter Clark wrote the earliest history of Cincinnati’s Black Brigade formed during the Civil War in late 1862. This service came Continue Reading
Cincinnati Colored Public Schools
The city of Cincinnati, following Ohio law, set aside the education taxes on African American held properties for “Colored Public Schools” beginning in the 1850’s. Continue Reading