by Liz Schultz | Feb 17, 2025 | Civil Rights in the 20th Century
Discrimination at the Oberlin Bowling Alleys: Racial Discrimination through “Morality Rhetoric in 1934 by Cal Ransom In the early months of 1934, Oberlin Bowling Alleys, recently opened, was sued for racial discrimination. Three young black townspeople, Harry...
by communications@oberlinheritage.org | Jan 8, 2025 | Civil Rights in the 20th Century, History Highlights
On May 4, 1970, members of the Ohio National Guard opened fire on students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University, killing four. In the days that followed, college towns across the United States and especially in Ohio were on edge. They worried that...
by communications@oberlinheritage.org | Feb 25, 2016 | Civil Rights in the 20th Century
By Mary Manning, Ph.D., 2015-16 Local History Corps AmeriCorps Member Examining the history of Oberlin’s barber shops means addressing a situation in which overt discrimination was standard practice, far into the twentieth century and throughout the United States. In...
