Lincoln School EXHIBIT
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NOTE: The Lincoln School Project has a separate website. See link below to view that site.
Ohio Humanities Takes a Larger Role!
Great things are happening with the Lincoln School Story. Ohio Humanities has made the story their lead project and have been working tirelessly to create new and wonderful ideas to get the story out to the state and the nation. It is no longer just a long-ago Hillsboro event, it has become the hallmark of the integration movement as the first Northern test case following Brown v Board of Education.
On 24 June, the Ohio Humanities team came to Hillsboro to photograph the marchers. This slide show shows some of the photos we captured that day, along with the beautiful portraits taken by Shellee Foster.
8 Sep 2022 Ohio Humanities Event in Columbus
On 08 Sep, about 40 people boarded a beautiful new bus and were taken to Ohio Humanities in Columbus for a Celebration of the Release of the newly rebooted documentary of the Lincoln School Story. Also, we were presented with copies of LUMEN, the Ohio Humanities Magazine, which features a story written by Dr. Melvin Barnes and Dr. Aaron Rovan, both of Ohio Humanities. Copies of the Children's Activity folder were given to us also. See photos from 8 Sep below!
WATCH FOR: the release of a new Children's Book about the Lincoln School Story, to be written by Dr. Carlotta Penn.
WATCH FOR: the release of a new Children's Book about the Lincoln School Story, to be written by Dr. Carlotta Penn.
NEWS before the Event
WCMH-TV, the NBC affiliate in Columbus, came to Hillsboro recently and interviewed Myra Cumberland Phillips, Joyce Clemons Kittrell and Eleanor Curtis Cumberland. Click HERE to view that interview.
The Documentary
The LINCOLN SCHOOL STORY is now available for viewing online.
Click HERE to view the documentary, THE LINCOLN SCHOOL STORY.
Click HERE to view the documentary, THE LINCOLN SCHOOL STORY.
The Lincoln School Exhibit opened in June 2017 at the Highland House Museum. The exhibit tells the story of the fight for integration of the Hillsboro elementary schools in Hillsboro in the mid-1950's. After the passage of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS declared segregation illegal, a group of mothers organized under the leadership of activist Imogene Curtis. Their children attended the all black Lincoln School so they tried to enroll their children into the two Hillsboro elementary schools, Washington and Webster, only to be denied due to "overcrowding". The mothers and their children marched to the Webster School every day for two years, only to be turned away. Lincoln School was set on fire by the local county engineer to help end segregation. Crosses were burned. Eventually the fight got the attention of NAACP lawyer Thurgood Marshall who argued the Brown case. He sent legal help to the mothers who eventually won their right to have an equal education for their children, the first northern test case of the Brown decision. This case was used to end segregation in other northern US cities like Cleveland and Boston.
The exhibit features photographs rarely seen of this event, along with a 17 minute documentary short that uses oral history interviews from those involved in the story. The film was done by award-winning Cincinnati documentary filmmaker Andrea Torrice and was done in a powerful, honest, and thoughtful way.
This film was screened at the National Underground RR Freedom Center in Cincinnati and all 56 marchers were inducted into the Ohio Civil Rights Hall of Fame in October 2017.
If you would like to learn more about this project, donate memorabilia, such as pictures, or make a financial contribution, contact the Highland House Museum.
Continue to watch this site for exciting updates!
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The exhibit features photographs rarely seen of this event, along with a 17 minute documentary short that uses oral history interviews from those involved in the story. The film was done by award-winning Cincinnati documentary filmmaker Andrea Torrice and was done in a powerful, honest, and thoughtful way.
This film was screened at the National Underground RR Freedom Center in Cincinnati and all 56 marchers were inducted into the Ohio Civil Rights Hall of Fame in October 2017.
If you would like to learn more about this project, donate memorabilia, such as pictures, or make a financial contribution, contact the Highland House Museum.
Continue to watch this site for exciting updates!
You can learn more about parts of this article that are a different color by clicking on them. A new window will open.