Hidden history of Black Cincinnati / Kareem A. Simpson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simpson, K. A. (Kareem A.), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Ohio--Cincinnati--History.

African Americans.

African Americans--Kentucky, Northern--History.

African Americans--Ohio--Cincinnati--Social life and customs.

African Americans--Kentucky, Northern--Social life and customs.

African Americans--Ohio--Cincinnati--Social conditions.

African Americans--Kentucky, Northern--Social conditions.

Cincinnati (Ohio)--Social life and customs.

Cincinnati (Ohio).

Cincinnati (Ohio)--Race relations.

Kentucky, Northern--Social life and customs.

Kentucky, Northern.

Genre:

local histories.

Local histories.

Physical Description:

112 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : The History Press, an imprint of Arcadia Publishing, 2026.

Summary:

"Long before the Civil Rights Movement or the Harlem Renaissance, Black Cincinnatians were building communities, owning businesses, and resisting injustice in bold and brilliant ways. B.F. Howard and Pullman Porter Arthur J. Riggs co-founded the international organization now known as the Black Elks, and Margaret Garner's tragic flight to freedom inspired Toni Morrison's Beloved and ignited national debates on slavery. Celebrated painter Robert S. Duncanson rose to international acclaim in the nineteenth century despite the limitations of race. Writer, historian, and cultural advocate Kareem A. Simpson unearths these powerful stories and more with clarity and care, offering a rich portrait of a city's soul and the Black lives that shaped it"-- Back cover.

Contents:

Northern Kentucky's Devou Park and Cincinnati's West End neighborhood

Cincinnati's Taft Museum of Art and Black American Artist Robert S. Duncanson

Boss Cox, his mansion, and Black Cincinnati

Covington's Eastside neighborhood and its Black community

Cincinnati's connection to Uncle Tom's Cabin

The Margaret Garner story.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [107]-109).

ISBN:

9781467158138

1467158135

9781540299710

1540299716

OCLC:

1538485681

Publisher Number:

90104359336