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URL:https://mariettaohio.org/events/discovering-history-ric-sheffield/
SUMMARY:Discovering History - Ric Sheffield
DESCRIPTION:False Promises: The Struggle for Black Voting Rights in 1800’
 s Ohio\n\nIn False Promises\, the fight for Black voting rights in Ohio co
 mes alive through narratives of men of color who defied the state’s nine
 teenth-century restrictions on suffrage. Though ratification of the Fiftee
 nth Amendment ostensibly extended the franchise\, state election laws stil
 l forced men of color into a perilous struggle for full citizenship. Ric S
 . Sheffield depicts their courage and determination\, revealing their huma
 nity through stories of sacrifice\, resistance\, and hope. Weaving togethe
 r historical records with imaginative reconstructions of dialogue\, settin
 g\, and descriptive elements beyond the dusty courthouse pages\, these sto
 ries recount the lived experiences of those who risked everything to exerc
 ise their right to vote.\n\nRic S. Sheffield\, author of We Got By: A Blac
 k Family’s Journey in the Heartland and False Promises: The Struggle for
  Black Voting Rights in 1800s Ohio\, has researched\, taught\, written\, a
 nd lectured extensively about rural diversity in general\, and the Black e
 xperience in small town America in particular. As co-director (with Prof. 
 Howard Sacks\, Kenyon College) of the award-winning Community Within: Blac
 k Experience in Knox County\, Ohio project and co-director (with Prof. Bro
 oke Bryan\, Antioch College) of the Great Lakes Colleges Association’s (
 GLCA) Oral History in the Liberal Arts (OHLA) program\, he has designed an
 d executed projects intended to explore minority communities in small town
  America. He also offers workshops on exploring diversity in rural geograp
 hies and cultural contexts.\n\nThis event is sponsored by the Washington C
 ounty Public Library and is FREE and open to the public. This is also avai
 lable as a livestream and recording on our YouTube channel: @CampusMartius
 Museum
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CATEGORIES:Historical
LOCATION:Campus Martius Museum\, 601 Second Street\, Marietta\, Ohio\, 4575
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