Articles About Black history

• ‘Caesar’s Redemption’— Local history, authentically imagined

  By Audrey HackettDecember 3, 2020

  

  Local playwright Kane Stratton is debuting an eight-minute film vignette drawn from a longer script that explores the life of a Black man named Caesar, a “maroon” among the Shawnee people of southwestern Ohio in the 1770s and beyond.

• On the history, future of Black farming

  By Carol SimmonsSeptember 17, 2020

  

  According to the USDA’s latest census report, released in 2017, Greene County has no Black-owned farms, out of a total 617. Neither does Clark County, with 742 total farms; while Montgomery County charts nine Black-owned farming ventures, of 782 farms overall.

• Remembering Phyllis Jackson

  By Audrey HackettJuly 29, 2020

  

  Yellow Springs resident Phyllis Jackson, 95, died on July 11 after a long and rich life of service to the community she loved. A memorial service was held for Jackson on Saturday, July 18, at Central Chapel AME Church, where she’d been a member since 1943.

• Celebrate 10 years of The 365 Project

  By Megan BachmanMarch 15, 2018

  

  The 365 Project celebrates 10 years of engaging the community on issues of race and preserving local black history with an event on Sunday.