African-American Settlements and Communities in Columbus, Ohio| A report African-American Settlements and Communities in Columbus, Ohio A Report COLUMBUS LANDMARKS FOUNDATION DR. TONI SMITH, PROJECT MANAGER ED LENTZ, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COLUMBUS LANDMARKS FOUNDATION Columbus Landmarks Foundation Press 61 Jefferson Avenue, Columbus, Ohio, USA
[email protected] www.columbuslandmarksfoundation.org © Columbus Landmarks Foundation All rights reserved Distributed under license Columbus Landmarks Foundation First Edition, December 2014 The Columbus Landmarks Foundation’s African American Landmarks Preservation Initiative was made possible with major grants from the Ohio Humanities Council and The Richard and Julia Moe Fund of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Funding provided for recruitment of more than 40 volunteers engaged in ongoing community-based research and for free workshops on research and preservation. In addition, scholarly perspectives on the project were provided by Dr. Hasan Jeffries, The Ohio State University; Sam Gresham, Common Cause Ohio; Barbara Powers, Ohio History Connection; and Reita Smith, First Families of Ohio, at a panel discussion with the community on September 18, 2014, at the Main Library of the Columbus Metropolitan Library Authors, Contributors, Researchers: Joann Alexander, Terry Anderson (Steering Committee), Irene Berry, Julie Blackston, Peggy Broadmax, Julia Braxton, Beverly Carroll, Lloyd Clark, Becky Ellis, Nettie Ferguson, Cheryl Garrett, Frederic Garett, Lauren Herron, Conrade Hinds