This Saturday, September 21^st, from 11am to 4pm, Cincinnati area residents can enjoy a history tour of Hamilton Avenue and the College Hill area. Sponsored by the Mt. Healthy, and the North College Hill  and College Hill Historical Societies, the Clovernook Center, the Twin Towers Senior Living Community, and the College Hill Bicentennial,  the tour will include ten sites where historic characters will bring alive the rich abolitionist history of the communities along Hamilton Avenue:  From the Liberty Party conventions in the 1840's to the Underground Railroad agents and conductors—black and white—who led 28 "freedom seekers" out of Boone County Kentucky on April 2, 1853, through College Hill and then on to begin a new life in Canada.  Attendees can enjoy historic sites on the avenue, a dramatic production of the Escape of the 28 at the new Aiken High School at 1 pm and 3 pm, period dance and music, children's activities and living history characters throughout the day at each site.  

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UC’s own undergraduate history major, Samuel Hahn, had an internship with the College Hill Historical Society, helping to prepare for the tour and creating a video giving the historical background that tour participants will need to enjoy and understand the abolitionist reenactments they see throughout the day.

Here is a link to the video Sam helped create: Hamilton Avenue: Road To Freedom

See the history department’s webpage in the near future for a more in depth look at Sam Hahn’s internship. The piece will also discuss how the internships one can connect with through UC’s History Department can help academic and professional development for undergraduates.

HISTORIANS AGAINST SLAVERY TO HOST A NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMBATING SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING --SEPTEMBER 19-21, 2013.

Cincinnati, Ohio — “Crossing Boundaries, Making Connections: American Slavery and Antislavery Now and Then,” a conference to be held at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center addresses the challenges of slavery and human trafficking in the 21st century. It brings together distinguished historians of slavery and abolitionism, nationally recognized antislavery activists, survivors of modern-day enslavement and human trafficking, community leaders, university and high school teachers, their students and others. Its goals are to develop dialogue and collaboration among all of these groups and lead to sustained antislavery learning, planning and action.

The conference is being chaired by University of Cincinnati History Professor Nikki Taylor, Ph.D. It will take place September 19-21, 2013, at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati, Ohio. Registration is free and open to all who are concerned about and wish to help combat contemporary slavery and human trafficking. Early registration is strongly encouraged, however,  as space is limited.

“This conference will help expand our understanding of the global nature and persistence of slavery through addressing the relationship between historic and modern slavery and abolition,” said Luke Blocher, director of national strategic initiatives for NURFC.  “Most importantly, it will provide an unprecedented opportunity for all participants—whatever their backgrounds— to begin working collaboratively against one of the great injustices of our time,” said Dr. Taylor.

Additional information and conference registration may be found at:  http://historiansagainstslavery.org/conference.htm .

Contact:  Stephanie A. Creech: 513.374.9500 ; creechs1@gmail.com

Please mark your calendars to join us for a research presentation the week after next by Professor Stan Corkin of the UC English Department.

Professor Corkin’s research area is the history of American culture, literature, and film.  He has just completed work on a new book focused on the TV series The Wire that examines the series in the light of questions about American urban history.  He will be joining us to talk about this work and his other research interests in American Studies and US cultural history.

See the details below and plan to join us for Professor Corkin’s presentation.

Date: Thursday September 26^th

Time: 2:00-3:20

Place: McMicken 130

Fine food and drink to follow!

Myles Horton and his Highlander Folk School were key elements in organizing for Civil Rights in the South for several decades starting in the early 1930s. Rosa Parks spent a week there in the months before she helped set off the Montgomery Bus Boycott with her refusal to yield her seat to a white man. Dr. King went there a number of times to work with other leaders of the movement. And others met there for planning, organizing, and to seek safe haven.

Myles Horton

Pizza available before, child care available by reservation. See the attached flyer for more details.

Pizza at 6 pm

Film at 7 pm

First Unitarian Church

536 Linton St. (corner of Reading and     Linton) two blocks north of W.H. Taft Rd.

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The "Catholicism in Latin America Film Festival" brings together students, faculty, and administrators to consider the profound relationship between the Catholic Church and Latin American society, politics, and culture. A part of the University's celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the three films in the series will raise awareness of the religious foundations of Latin American culture and the continuing relevance of Catholicism in the drama of Latin American history.

Dates and times:

Monday, September 16th, 12:00-3:00 PM: "The Mission." This unforgettable 1986 drama addresses the savage enslavement of the South American Guaraní people by the Spanish and Portuguese crowns and the Guaraní's defense by Jesuit missionaries.  It won a Palm d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and an Academy Award for best cinematography.  In 2007, the Church Times elected "The Mission" number one on its list of the top fifty religious films of all time.  The film stars Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, and a young Liam Neeson.

Tuesday, September 24th, 12:00-3:00 PM: "For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada."  Released in 2012, this film relates one of the most significant events of modern Mexican history: the Cristero Revolt of Catholic Christians against the anti-religious government of Plutarco Elias Calles.  Fought between 1926-1929, the revolt characterized the religious-secular tensions of the modern world, leaving some 90,000 dead on both sides and devastating the institutional presence of the Catholic Church in Mexico.  It stars Andy Garcia as General Enrique Gorostieta, the leader of the Catholic militias.

Wednesday, October 9th, 12:00-3:00 PM: "Romero."  This acclaimed 1989 film depicts the ministry of Archbishop Oscar Romero (d. 1980), who devoted the resources of his church to the poor in their desperate struggle against the repression and death squads of El Salvador's violent military regime.  Starring Raul Julia as Romero, the film drew attention to the disastrous ten-year civil war in El Salvador and to the martyrdom of Catholic priests and laity in defense of social justice.

All films will take place in TUC 417. Join UC in celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month and enjoy three great movies!