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“This happened in our country and we can’t erase it.” A southeast Ohio museum displays soil from lynching sites
By: Kaitlin Thorne | The Ohio Newsroom
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This story contains graphic details of racial violence, including lynching. BELMONT COUNTY, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — On a small shelf in an old brick building in Belmont County sit… Read More
Previously unmarked underground railroad sites are recognized thanks to a tri-state initiative
By: Amanda Pirani
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RIPLEY, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — Red Oak Presbyterian Church is one of the oldest structures in Brown County, built in 1817. It’s a small, unassuming stone building tucked behind… Read More
Six Ohio sites have been added to the national Underground Railroad network
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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GALLIPOLIS, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Earlier this month, the National Park Service added six Ohio sites to its National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom — a program meant to… Read More
How John Rankin, Ohio’s “father of abolitionism,” helped 2,000 people reach freedom
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — When Reverend John Rankin moved to the southern Ohio town of Ripley on the banks of the Ohio River in 1822, he quickly became one… Read More