A Little piece of Paradise… College Hill, Ohio - SELFCRAFT

said they had tar and feathers along...He was not at home...he had taken stage for Hillsborough 2hours before. They then came back to the press and some wished to make a bonfire & burn it, butJoseph Graham mounted some rubbish & proposed throwing it in the river. Previous to this...theyattacked that dreadful house on Church Ally where whites & blacks had been living together, and,driving out the folks, tore all the insides out, broke the furniture to pieces and all the windows...Partof the mob took the press to the river & drowned it, and the rest marched past us to Elm anddemolished five or six houses in the swamp...”Black history month 28 or Negro history week as it was called, was started in 1926 by Dr. CarterG. Woodson who was disturbed by the lack of the African American presence in social science,history and culture. Although he was an avid researcher and a prolific writer of African Americanhistory, Dr. Woodson was aware that the publication of books alone would not accomplish the task.Therefore, he initiated Negro History Week as one of several ways to instill a sense of pride andaccomplishment within blacks and to inform the general public.William Cary House on Hamilton Ave., 1901Courtesy of Karen Forbes-Nutting28 General references: Salmon P. Chase, Frederick J. Blue, 1987Cincinnati’s Black Peoples: A Chronology and Bibliography 1787-1982, Lyle Krohler, 1986.103