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Trustee Wilson Inborden Hughes shares a family story for Juneteenth 2024
Includes with permission excerpts from Elusive Utopia: The Struggle for Racial Equality in Oberlin, Ohio by Gary J. Kornblith and Carol Lasser (LSU Press, 2018) Every year as Juneteenth approaches,…
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Publication of Spring 2024 Evans HHS Newsletter
The spring 2024 issue of the Wilson Bruce Evans Home Historical Society Newsletter has been published and can be found under the “News & Events” menu of this website.
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Poets Against Racism & Hate to present in Oberlin on May 4 as part of Ohio Underground Railroad Whistle-Stop Poetry Tour
The Wilson Bruce Evans Home Historical Society in Oberlin is proud to partner with Poets Against Racism & Hate in bringing their Ohio Underground Railroad Whistle-Stop Poetry Tour to the…
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Save the date: Evans HHS Zoom on Sun., April 21
On Sunday, April 21, Katie King, a doctoral candidate at the University of Colorado, will present a Zoom presentation titled “The Exodus from Antebellum North Carolina: ‘Sell Out, Pack Up…
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Evans HHS co-sponsors talk on “Oberlin’s African American Pioneers” at the Oberlin Public Library
On Saturday, March 2, Evans HHS Trustee Gary Kornblith gave an illustrated lecture titled “Oberlin’s African American Pioneers: Stories of the First Generation” at the Oberlin Public Library as part…
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Dedication of Ohio Historical Marker for Evans House Draws Crowd
On the chilly afternoon of Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024, over fifty people gathered in front of 33 East Vine Street in Oberlin to witness and celebrate the unveiling of an…
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Honoring Black Activists and Looking Ahead
As we celebrate today the memory of Martin Luther King, Jr., the Wilson Bruce Evans Home Historical Society is looking ahead to Black History Month. Please join us at 2pm…
