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Racial distribution in Columbus in 2010: red dots indicate white Americans, blue dots for African Americans, green for Asian Americans, orange for Hispanic Americans, yellow for other races. Each dot represents 25 residents. As of 2020, Black residents of Franklin County had a 11.1 percent unemployment rate, about double the overall unemployment.
Ohio was a destination for escaped African Americans slaves before the Civil War. In the early 1870s, the Society of Friends members actively helped former black slaves in their search of freedom. The state was important in the operation of the Underground Railroad .
The Ohio Organizing Collaborative [1] (OOC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit statewide organization focused on uniting community organizers and organizing groups across Ohio with similar interests. The OOC was formed in 2007 by Kirk Noden with a mission of organizing citizens to build power and combat social, racial and economic injustices in ...
The Black professional class has supported its members from the end of slavery to modern times by developing institutions parallel to their white American counterparts. These cooperative ...
The Columbus chapter of 100 Black Men of America has a mission to improve the quality of life and economic opportunities for African Americans.
On Wednesday, Nike Inc. announced $8.9 million in new investments this year across 53 national and local nonprofit organizations focused The post Nike, Inc. announces 2023 Black Community ...
Past medical malpractice has led to distrust, which in turn makes creating necessary medicine for the black community more difficult. Perpetuating the lack of resources and health care available to black communities. The experimentation and abuse set onto black bodies in the pursuit of medical development has a long and treacherous history.
Purpose Convening and encouraging community dialogue, fostering improved understanding of race relations One America in the 21st Century: The President's Initiative on Race , or the One America Initiative , was established by U.S. President Bill Clinton in 1997 with Executive Order 13050 .