#wilberforce ohio

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This woman was murdered at a red light

Na’Kia Crawford was shot & killed in broad daylight by who witnesses describe as a white man in a black sports car. She was sitting at a red light at the time of the shooting. Her assailant is still at large. She was only 18. She was supposed to go to  Central state university. Another life snuffed out. Say her name. 

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Emery Hall in Wilberforce, Ohio. by Ton Smilde on Flickr.

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R.A. and May Dickinson, Wilberforce, Ohio by lee52222 Via Flickr: R.A. and May Dickinson, Wilberforce, Ohio

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Photograph of Frances E. Brown, the daughter of Nina L. Brown and niece of Hallie Q. Brown. Hallie Q. Brown was the daughter of freed slaves Thomas and Frances Jane who were actively involved with the Underground Railroad.

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Top left: Colonel Charles Young (1864-1922), first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army and, at the time of his death in 1922, was the highest-ranking African American officer in the Army. He is known for having been forced into retirement due to health concerns before the start of World War I and later riding from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. to prove his physical fitness for duty. [ wikipedia - National Park Service ]

Top right: Charles Noel Young, the son of Colonel Charles Young

Second row: Colonel Charles Young and other unidentified people in Liberia, where he was stationed as a military attache.

Third row: Arminita Young, mother of Colonel Charles Young, and her second husband

Bottom: Ada Young, wife of Colonel Charles Young

In March of 2013, President Obama designated Colonel Charles Young's house in Wilberforce a national monument, but it is not yet open to visitors. Please for the love of god check out the wikipedia article; I didn't include more information from it on here because there's literally too much that's interesting and I'd have to c/p the entire thing.

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Irene Morris Johnson meeting President King of Liberia at Colonel Charles Young's House, Wilberforce Ohio, September 1919 by lee52222 on Flickr.

Via Flickr: 1. Irene Morris Johnson 2. Miss Monroe 3. Lieutenant Rojer 4. H.F. Worley, Financial Advisor of Liberia 5. Mrs. King of Liberia 6. President King of Liberia 7. Colonel Charles Young's Wife 8. Colonel Charles Young's Mother