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October 20, 2017

Forty-Two Years Later, A Collection Grows: The Amazing Life of Constance Curtis Nichols

One of my all-time favorite collections at the Ohio History Connection has been the papers of the Vanguard League.

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April 5, 2017

A Cornerstone of the Community: The East Side YMCA

By flipping through the YMCA's records in the Ohio History Connection Archives, we can learn a lot about life on the Near East Side of Columbus during the twentieth century.

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March 8, 2017

The Arrival of the Randolph Freedpeople

The Randolph Freedpeople reach Ohio.

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February 21, 2017

The Randolph People and the Legal Road to Freedom

Freedom despite three wills, a deathbed confession, and a desperate attempt to retain white affluence.

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February 26, 2016

The Fugitive Slave Case

In 1855, Rosetta Armstead became the key defendant in a case that won her freedom and created tensions between Ohio and Kentucky that foreshadowed the Civil War.

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February 17, 2016

Civil Rights in Columbus: The Vanguard League

During the 1940s, the Vanguard League campaigned in Columbus, Ohio, to fulfill their mission of "equality opportunity, liberty, and democracy for Negroes.”

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February 24, 2011

African American History is Ohio History

African Americans have made a significant impact on Ohio and U.S. history.

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February 22, 2011

Paper Trails – Documents Tell the Story of Wilberforce

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February 7, 2011

African American Manuscript Collections at OHS

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January 31, 2011

African American Photograph Collections in OHS Archives