Elizabeth Harvey Free Black School & Harveysburg Community Historical Society

Established in 1831 by Elizabeth Harvey in Harveysburg, the Elizabeth Harvey Free Black School was the first school for freed African American children in Ohio and is now home of the Harveysburg Community Historical Society and their community museum.

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The Harmon Foundation & the Harlem Renaissance

William Elmer Harmon created the Harmon Foundation in 1922. It was the first major foundation supporting African-American creativity and ingenuity.

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Southwest Ohio Trailblazers

Samuel Robert Bailey
First African-American teacher and principal in the public schools of Lebanon

Cedric Michael Cox

Willis "Bing" Davis

Elizabeth Kimberlin

James Richrd Mills

Anna Middleton

Rodney Veal

Orindatus Simon Bolivar Wall

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