Local Legends: We Will Be There
"Although historical segregation was mainly associated with the American South, it also existed in Ohio, and elsewhere in the North, for many years beginning with the passage of a state law in 1848."
Opinion
Valentine’s Day Chocolate
"The consumption of chocolate originated in Latin America as a beverage around 4,000 years ago. The Spanish conquerors took chocolate back to Europe in the sixteenth century, adding sugar to make the drink less bitter."
On My Plate: Oatmeal
"Ohio is the birthplace of oatmeal in the United States. Ferdinand Schumacher founded the German Mills American Oatmeal Company in Akron around 1855."
Observations: Political Decency
"Politics is persuasion. But for persuasion to have any power, it needs to rely on the truth."
Ida B. Wells and the campaign against lynching
Journalist Ida B. Wells spent much of her career as a journalist in the late 1800s shedding light on the horrors of lynching. Some historians say she was the most famous Black woman in the U.S. during her lifetime.
Veterans Among Us: Doug Jordan
"Once, I sat down with Jordan in his Oxford living room and he shared that his family had relocated from Detroit, Michigan to Liberty, Indiana early in his childhood. He grew up next to a Veterans of Foreign War (VFW) post that was across the street from his home."
Local Legends: Unreconstructed
"The irreverent, unrepentant, flirtatious and slightly dangerous pair were Virginia Bethel “Ginnie” Moon and Cynthia Charlotte “Lottie” Moon, both of whom are remembered as Confederate spies."