[ February 20, 2010 to May 2, 2010. ] Kara Walker: Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)

“I wanted to make work where the viewer wouldn’t walk away; he would either giggle nervously, get pulled into history, into fiction, into something totally demeaning and possibly very beautiful.”  -Kara Walker

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[ February 18, 2010; 7:15 pm to 9:00 pm. ] It is an honor and a pleasure that Cincinnati Civil War Round Table member Kris Teters returns to the podium after being away from our group for several years.

As part of the nationwide effort to commemorate the Civil War Centennial (1961-1965), the Alabama Civil War Centennial Commission was created in 1959. With historian Albert B. [...]

[ October 16, 2009 to February 14, 2010. ] The Akron Art Museum is presenting selections from Jacob Lawrence’s celebrated screen prints in “The Legend of John Brown” until February 14, 2010.

Location: Akron Art Museum, One South High, Akron, OH 44308

This fall marks the 150th anniversaries of John Brown’s anti-slavery raid on Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, and his December 2, 1859 execution. To commemorate this [...]

[ January 17, 2010; 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] Open House Event honoring volunteer work at the Harriet Beecher Stowe House, author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The House was also the home of General James Beecher, a Civil War general who commanded the first African-American troops from the South.

Harriet Beecher Stowe House
2950 Gilbert Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45206
513-751-0651

http://www.harrietbeecherstowehouse.org

[ December 8, 2009; 7:15 pm to 8:30 pm. ] “Oberlin’s Sable Arm: Black Ohioans and the Civil War”

Dr. Kelly D. Selby, a Walsh University assistant professor of history, discusses Oberlin-area African-Americans’ participation in the war and the effect that their service had on their lives when they returned home. The illustrated presentation takes place at Kendal at Oberlin’s Heiser Auditorium (600 Kendal Drive) and [...]