Topics Related to African American History

Est. in 1867 as Biddle Memorial Institute for freedmen. Became a university, 1877. Present name adopted in 1923.

Founder of the nation's first textile factory owned and operated by blacks, 1897-1904. Mill building is 350 yds. N.

Minister, teacher, and founder of Livingstone College. Home stands here. Grave 700 ft. E.

Founded as Zion Wesley Institute, 1879. Became College in 1885. Rev. J. C. Price president 1882-93. Named for British missionary. 5 blocks west.

Free black served as a Baptist pastor at Rocky River Church until law in 1831 barred blacks from public preaching. Buried 500 yards west.

State home & school for African American boys, 1925-77. Agricultural, vocational, and academic skills taught 3 mi. W.

Jazz saxophonist and composer; influential stylist. Work spanned bebop to avant garde. Born one block S.W.

Landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling, March 1971, prohibited discriminatory practices by employers. Plaintiffs were Black employees of plant in Eden.

During epidemic of 1948, integrated hospital built in 95 days. In 1963, it was makeshift jail for civil rights protesters. Operated 1/10 mi. S.

Landmark federal court of appeals decision 1963 involving Cone Hospital led to racial integration of hospitals in the U.S.