African American

The Wesley Community Center’s annual Juneteenth festival in Dayton was cancelled this year due to COVID-19. But following the killing of George Floyd and…

Communities across the country are celebrating Juneteenth today. Several events are planned throughout the Dayton area this weekend.Donald Domineck,…

A Better Dayton Coalition organized a memorial service today at Courthouse Square in honor of George Floyd and other victims of police violence, as…

As part of Clark State Community College’s Black History Month celebrations, the school hosted their annual bid whist tournament. The card game…

The number of African American-owned businesses has fallen sharply in Yellow Springs from its peak four decades ago. Only a handful remain in the…

Theater at its best can address universal themes for the audience and the actors: the struggle for human dignity, relationships, conflict. But a lot of…

Cleveland Congressman Louis Stokes was remembered Tuesday as someone who overcame tough economic and racial obstacles to become Ohio’s first black…

One chapter in my most recent book, African Immersion: American College Students in Cameroon (Lexington Books, 2015) looks at racial interactions in…