Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The history of African American publishing in Ohio is longer than in many Midwestern states, beginning well before the Civil War. In 1843, the Palladium of Liberty became Ohio's first African American newspaper. [1] It was followed by The Aliened American in Cleveland in the 1850s, and by the Cincinnati Colored Citizen in 1863, which was one of ...
King-Lincoln Bronzeville is a historically African American neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio.Originally known as Bronzeville by the residents of the community, it was renamed the King-Lincoln District by Mayor Michael B. Coleman's administration to highlight the historical significance of the district's King Arts Complex and Lincoln Theatre, amid collaborations with investors and developers to ...
Colored Citizen (Vicksburg), a newspaper first published in Vicksburg, Mississippi in 1867, created by a Black civic leader, Henry Mason. [1] Colored Citizen (Jackson) established in 1870 in Jackson, Mississippi by James D. Lynch of Hinds County. It was the third Black newspaper to be created in Mississippi. [1] The Colored Citizen (Pensacola ...
The Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo, or SPACE or S.P.A.C.E., is an annual convention in Columbus, Ohio, United States, for alternative comics, minicomics, and webcomics. Bob Corby founded the convention as a gathering place for "the comics and the creators with no distractions." [1] The show is sponsored by Corby's Back Porch Comics, a ...
Black Ink Crew: Los Angeles. Black Ink Crew is an American reality television series that premiered on January 7, 2013, on VH1. [1] It has aired ten seasons and chronicles the daily operations and staff drama at an African American–owned and operated tattoo shop in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. [2]
Gregori's sketch of Columbus Coming Ashore, black ink over graphite on tracing paper. In 1874, founder and former university president Edward Sorin visited the Vatican and hired Luigi Gregori, an artist-in-residence there, to be an art professor at Notre Dame.
The Book Loft of German Village is an independent bookstore in the German Village neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. Opened in 1977 and described by the Columbus Business First as "iconic" and a "tourist destination", [1] the store has also been called "a national treasure" by The New York Times. [2] The Book Loft has been described by visitors as ...
Many of these shorter-lived newspapers, particularly in the 19th century, were political broadsheets produced only in connection with a specific election. African American newspapers published in Indiana today include the Gary Crusader, the Indianapolis Recorder, the Fort Wayne Ink Spot, and Evansville's Our Times Newspaper .
Deaths. Donovan Lewis. On August 30, 2022, 20-year-old African-American man Donovan Lewis (born May 14, 2002) was shot and killed by Officer Ricky Anderson of the Columbus Division of Police (CDP) in the Hilltop neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio as officers served a warrant at his apartment. Police were serving a warrant against Lewis for domestic ...
June 10, 1951 (age 72) Washington, D.C., U.S. Alma mater. Ohio State University. Occupation. Photojournalist. Sharon Camille Farmer (born June 10, 1951) [1] is an American photographer. She was the first African-American woman to be hired as a White House photographer [2] [3] and the first African American and first female to be Director of the ...