STATEHOUSE CALENDAR

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Black History Month at the Ohio Statehouse

Time

February 1 - February 28

Location

The Ohio Statehouse
1 Capitol Square
Columbus, OH 43215

Description

The Ohio Statehouse will celebrate Black History Month throughout February with a special display, free historical performances each Thursday at noon and special tours of the George Washington Williams Room. Visitors can also enjoy a special soul food menu at the Capitol Cafe each Thursday in February.

Special Black History Month exhibition: Rosa Parks, The Power of One, a K-third grade student art exhibit sponsored by COTA. The exhibit is the students’ artistic expression of how they would change things for the better.

Through Feb. 28, 2013

Map Room

Living history programs featuring interpreters portraying prominent historical African Americans by We’ve Known Rivers!

Each Thursday; February 7, 14, 21, 28, 2013

12 p.m. – 1 p.m.

Museum Gallery

Scheduled living history performances include:

February 7: “Beatrice Black: Remembering Miss Rosa Parks,” presented by Annette Jefferson
Presented in the Museum Gallery on the ground floor of the Ohio Statehouse

February 14: “The Promised Land: John Parker and the Underground Railroad,” presented by Anthony Gibbs
Presented in the Museum Gallery on the ground floor of the Ohio Statehouse

February 21: “Bessie Stringfield: Motorcycle Queen of Miami,” presented by Sandra Quick
Presented in the Museum Gallery on the ground floor of the Ohio Statehouse

February 28: “African American Women During the Civil War,” presented by Annette Jefferson
Presented in the Museum Gallery on the ground floor of the Ohio Statehouse

George Washington Williams Room Tours

Visit the room which memorializes Ohio’s first African-American legislator.

10 a.m. – 3 p.m.