Discover the challenges the familiar story that places the civil rights movement in the South and centers it on a few national leaders in this lecture by Hasan Kwame Jeffries, associate professor of History at The Ohio State Univerity. Focusing on Ohio, it examines how the state constructed its own color line—and how African Americans fought to dismantle it, from abolitionist organizing in Akron to struggles for police accountability in Cincinnati. By uncovering this longer history, the talk highlights why fighting for freedom and democracy in Ohio still matters today.

This event is free, but registration is required.

Sponsored by the Ohio History Connection and the Ohio State University Department of History Clio Society

*Please note that the Ohio History Center parking lots are currently being resurfaced and may require directed parking in as-yet-unpaved areas, which may require a short walk to their main entrance. Please enter off E. 17th Avenue, as normal, and follow signs for designated parking areas for this event. Thank you.