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OKI Wanna Know: When did the first people escaping slavery arrive in Cincinnati?
2+ hour, 50+ min ago (862+ words) Our feature OKI Wanna Know dives into a lot of the area's history. This week, we look at an American story of freedom, determination and shame. Roxanne Baker wrote in to ask when the first people escaping slavery arrived in…...
Before 'Rolling Stone,' America had 'Soul' magazine
2+ week, 1+ day ago (843+ words) To be honest, Delhi Township resident Billy Miossi had never heard of Soul magazine or its co-founder and editor Regina Hall. Miossi, who directed and produced WCPO-TV's Cincinnati's Uncle Al in 2022, was researching the 1965 Watts riots in Los Angeles when…...
Black women needed for historic U.S. cancer study
2+ week, 2+ day ago (163+ words) Black women are twice as likely to die from uterine cancer as white women. They also have a 38% higher mortality risk from breast cancer and are 12% more likely to die from any cancer compared to white women. To better understand…...
Cincinnati DAR chapter honors patriots of African heritage
2+ week, 4+ day ago (365+ words) The Attucks-Lee-Banneker Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution is putting an important emphasis on honoring patriots of African heritage. It's joining the America 250-Ohio semiquincentennial celebrations with a program Feb. 15 honoring a handful of Revolution-era people…...
U.S. to see why Cincinnati's King Records was 'King of them all"
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (920+ words) The big moment is almost here. Yemi Oyediran, writer-director of King Of Them All: The Story of King Records, has avoided contemplating how his film about the legendary Cincinnati recording studio will be seen nationwide at 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, on PBS…...
Digging deeper into Akron's Black history: Summit Metro Parks wraps up archaeological excavation
7+ mon, 3+ day ago (888+ words) A team of Summit Metro Parks employees and volunteers are completing an archaeological dig this week that they hope will reveal more clues about a long-forgotten Akron neighborhood. Beneath a section of Cascade Valley Metro Park lie remnants of Wheelock…...
A former plantation becomes a space for healing, art and reparative history
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (545+ words) Harpersville is a small town in Alabama. It's predominantly white. It's located in Shelby County, which the local Republican Party calls the reddest county in America. It's also home to a new museum exhibit about a particular chapter of Black…...
Telling the story of liberation through soul food
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (149+ words) Juneteenth, the annual commemoration of the end of chattel slavery in the United States, has been celebrated by African Americans in communities across the country since the late 1800s. However, the holiday was not widely celebrated by Americans when President Joe…...
What does Juneteenth mean to you? We want to hear your story
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (171+ words) And on the heels of the Black Lives Matter movement, the holiday " also known as Jubilee Day, Freedom Day Liberation Day and Emancipation Day " became part of a wider nationwide movement of diversity, ... - On Air Now Playing Radio Artifact WVXU…...
This Black church is facing the teen mental health crisis head on
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (1710+ words) At First Corinthian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York, a therapist was fielding 10 calls a week from parents of teens who needed mental health help. Now the church is part of a national pilot intervention and study to address suicide…...