Shedding the Shame: How Social Issues Disproportionately Impact the Health and Wellness of African Americans
1 p.m., February 12 | Registration required
Black communities in the U.S. have lower life expectancies resulting from and exacerbated by historic and systemic inequities. In this virtual program, medical professionals and local youth discuss the health disparities that disproportionately impact Black communities, sharing data and solutions to decrease the odds of tragic life outcomes Black families face as a result of inadequate access to healthcare and resources. Together, the panel will discuss how we can heal together, building stronger, healthier communities starting with our own bodies.
U.S. Grant, The Civil Rights General & President
7 p.m., February 17 | Registration required
Born just upriver from Cincinnati in 1822, Ulysses S. Grant is best known for his military prowess and his victory over the Confederacy in the Civil War. Historian Christy S. Coleman, who has been recognized as one of Time Magazine’s 31 People Changing the South and one of Worth Magazine’s 29 Women Changing the World, offers a new perspective of Grant. Coleman looks beyond his battlefield accomplishments at the pivotal role he played as a liberator of America’s enslaved people, the legislation he championed to protect the rights of the new citizens and his battle to abate the terror of the Ku Klux Klan.
U.S. Grant, The Civil Rights General & President is presented in partnership with the US Grant Homestead Association, Ohio History Connection and Cincinnati Museum Center as part of Ohio’s U.S. Grant Bicentennial Birthday Celebration.
Food for Freedom
6 p.m., February 22 | Registration required
Oral historian Andre L. Taylor from the College of William & Mary explores the culinary history and culture of foodways within the Black experience and how recipes have been passed down within families and across families to preserve their cultural heritage. Taylor also addresses the widespread disparity in access to quality food borne out of chattel slavery and systemic racism that continues to have a negative impact on Black communities.
The Food for Freedom virtual discussion ties into 2022 Black History Month theme of Black Health and Wellness, celebrating the activities, rituals and initiatives Black communities have created to be well.
Special Exhibitions
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center hosts a variety of traveling exhibitions throughout the year. See what we’re hosting now.
