The People Who Made Madisonville

2533 Kemper Lane,Cincinnati OH 45206

05 February, 2023

Description

The village of Madisonville, Ohio – now a neighborhood within Cincinnati – has a remarkable tradition of civic leadership by persons of color and many of its leaders were are also also residents of the Walnut Hills neighborhood. Come learn about amazing women and men who shaped this city, including Alice Easton Leland, the first Black woman to graduate from the University of Cincinnati, Hattie Brown Walker, the first Black librarian at the main branch of the Cincinnati Public Library, Nicholas Niblett, a Tuskegee Airman who went on to be a foreman at GE, Sam Britten, a Vietnam veteran who became an OH state representative, and many more.About the speaker: Chris Hanlin is a local historian and architect in Cincinnati. He is coauthor of the book Bicycling Through Paradise: Historical Tours Around Cincinnati. Chris has given lectures on African American cemeteries at Cincinnati’s Mercantile Library and at the Harriet Beecher Stowe House. He is a former longtime volunteer in the genealogy library of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. He is on the Black History Sites Advisory Committee of the Cincinnati Preservation Association.