Description: Photographic reproduction of a portrait depicting Rev. James P. Poindexter (1819-1907), an abolitionist, pastor and politician. He moved to Columbus in 1838 with his wife Adelia Atkinson, where he lived until his death in 1907. Poindexter served as pastor of the Second Baptist Church, assisted escaping slaves traveling through Columbus, founded the Colored Soldiers Relief Society during the Civil War, and served in political positions at the state and municipal level. In 1880 he became the first African American elected to the Columbus City Council. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02703
Subjects: African American Ohioans; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Poindexter, James Preston, 1819-1907; Underground Railroad--Ohio; Antislavery movements--Ohio--History--19th century; Columbus (Ohio). City Council; Clergy
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Paul Laurence Dunbar hanging above the fireplace in the Dunbar House, ca. 1938. This home, at 219 Paul Laurence Dunbar Street in Dayton, Ohio, was the final home of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. After Dunbar's death in 1906 his mother, Matilda Dunbar, continued to live in the house until her death in 1934. In 1936 the Dunbar House became the first state memorial to honor an African American. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03329
Subjects: Authors, American--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--African American Ohioans; Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906--Homes and haunts--Ohio
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a bookcase and other furniture at the Dunbar House, ca. 1938. This home, at 219 Paul Laurence Dunbar Street in Dayton, Ohio, was the final home of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. After Dunbar's death in 1906 his mother, Matilda Dunbar, continued to live in the house until her death in 1934. In 1936 the Dunbar House became the first state memorial to honor an African American. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03330
Subjects: Multicultural Ohio--African American Ohioans; Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906--Homes and haunts--Ohio; Poets; Authors
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Print made from glass plate negative of an African American employee operating a grinding machine at the Buckeye Steel Castings Company in Columbus, Ohio, 1919. The Buckeye Steel Castings Company mainly produced railroad couplers, and was presided over at the time by Columbus industrialist Samuel P. Bush. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03340
Subjects: Buckeye Steel Castings Company (Columbus, Ohio); Multicultural Ohio--African American Ohioans; Business and Labor; Employees
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of author Paul Laurence Dunbar on horseback, ca. 1890-1906. A note written on the back of the photograph indicates that the horse may have inspired Dunbar's poem "Dat Ol' Mare O' Mine." Dunbar was born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1872 to Joshua and Matilda Dunbar, both former slaves, and was encouraged by his mother in poetry and his schooling from an early age. He attended Dayton Central High School and was the sole African American student at that time. Following his high school graduation, Dunbar worked as an elevator operator while writing poetry in his free time. He built a reputation as a successful literary voice and writer of dialect poetry, and was the first African American poet to receive critical acclaim for his work. Dunbar authored twelve collections of poetry, five novels, one play, and a large number of newspaper articles before his death from tuberculosis on February 9, 1906. He is buried in the Woodland Cemetery in Dayton. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05265
Subjects: Authors, American--Ohio; Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906; Multicultural Ohio--African American Ohioans; Horses; Literary Ohio
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Author Paul Laurence Dunbar riding in a horse-drawn buggy driven by an unidentified man, ca. 1890-1906. Dunbar was born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1872 to Joshua and Matilda Dunbar, both former slaves, and was encouraged by his mother in poetry and his schooling from an early age. He attended Dayton Central High School and was the sole African American student at that time. Following his high school graduation, Dunbar worked as an elevator operator while writing poetry in his free time. He built a reputation as a successful literary voice and writer of dialect poetry, and was the first African American poet to receive critical acclaim for his work. Dunbar authored twelve collections of poetry, five novels, one play, and a large number of newspaper articles before his death from tuberculosis on February 9, 1906. He is buried in the Woodland Cemetery in Dayton. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05269
Subjects: Authors, American--Ohio; Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906; Multicultural Ohio--African American Ohioans; Literary Ohio; Horse-drawn vehicles;
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Large group of members of the Mother's Council of Spring Street Young Women's Christian Association, 1950. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00130
Subjects: Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A; Multicultural Ohio--African American Ohioans
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Members of Lambda Boule and their wives at a special event, ca. 1980. Those pictured include M.G. Green, Julian Robinson, Grady Pettigrew, Arthur Clark, Ben Espy, Cy Butler, Bill Reynolds, J.D. White, Harold Thomas, Wilburn Weddington, Edward C. Cox and Daniel L. Mann, Jr. Lambda Boule is the Columbus, Ohio, chapter of Sigma Pi Phi, a fraternity of college- and university-educated professional men dedicated to providing local and national social action programs for the African American community. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06104
Subjects: Greek letter societies--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--African American Ohioans; Societies and clubs
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Mr. and Mrs. Grady L. Pettigrew, Jr. at a Lambda Boule special event, ca. 1980. Lambda Boule is the Columbus, Ohio, chapter of Sigma Pi Phi, a fraternity of college- and university-educated professional men dedicated to providing local and national social action programs for the African American community. Pettigrew is a bankruptcy attorney and former bankruptcy judge in Columbus, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06106
Subjects: Greek letter societies--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--African American Ohioans; Societies and clubs
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reproduction of a portrait of African American inventor Granville T. Woods. Woods was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1856. He and his brother formed the Woods Railway Telegraph Company in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1884. Woods received 35 patents for electrical and mechanical devices between 1884 and 1907. Most of his inventions were for the improvement of the railroad system, including telegraphony, which allowed telegraph stations to send both voice and telegraph messages over a single wire. Woods is often referred to as "the Black Thomas Edison." He died in New York City in 1910. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02705
Subjects: African Americans--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--African American Ohioans; Woods, Granville, 1856-1910; Railroads--Communication systems; Inventors; African American Ohioans
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Disc jockey James Edward "Eddie" Saunders with a group of visitors at the WVKO radio station in Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1948 - 1955. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00740
Subjects: Franklin County (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio--African American Ohioans
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: White Methodists established Wilberforce College in Ohio in 1856. During the 1860s, the African Methodist Episcopal Church acquired Wilberforce and opened its doors to African Americans, the first institution of higher education in the United States established specifically for African American students. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04056
Subjects: Wilberforce (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio--African American Ohioans; Historical Black Colleges and Universities
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)