An Underground Community Exhibit - Cincinnati Event
January 15, 2018 to February 28, 2018 - Sharonville
Prior to being founded in 1855, the historic village of Glendale,
OH was home to many blacks escaping slavery through the Underground Railroad. A
third-generation
Glendalean, William (Bill) Parrish started with a research plan to nominate the
historically black Eckstein School building for the national register, ultimately
leading to his book entitled: “An
Underground Community: How Blacks Settled in the Historic Village of Glendale”,
and an exhibit by the same name located at Heritage Village Museum.
The opening reception for An
Underground Community will be held on Monday, January 15 from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. The event will entail an exhibit and a book discussion with Bill Parrish,
Founder and Executive Director of the Eckstein Cultural Arts Center, a 501c3
nonprofit arts organization. The ceremony will also feature “REDEEMED”, an
acapella quartet from Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Glendale, OH.
The exhibit is uniquely captured by panels covering a timeline
from 1830-1958. Visitors can engage in an insightful dialog and discover the
local heroes of the Underground Railroad movement significant to the Historic
Village of Glendale, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom’s
Cabin. The exhibit runs through Wednesday, February 28.
An Underground Community Exhibit Event Dates
Posted By: richardsh1@nku.edu
Categories: Special Events