Hillsboro in Highland County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Early Civil Rights protest to desegregate Hillsboro, Ohio schools

1954 - 1956

Photographed by Craig Doda, June 25, 2022

1. Early Civil Rights protest to desegregate Hillsboro, Ohio schools Marker

Inscription.
Early Civil Rights protest to desegregate Hillsboro, Ohio schools and legal victory in the first test case of Brown v. Board of Education in the North

Marching Mothers
Zella Cumberland • Elsie Steward Young • Sallie Williams • Zora Cumberland • Selicka Dent • Alberta Jewett • Maxine Thomas • Francis Curtis • Joanne Zimmerman • Dellia Cumberland • Glea Clemons • Minnie Speech • Roxie Clemons • Norma Rollins • Alberta Goins • Rosa Kilgore • Gertrude Clemons • Imogene Curtis • Nellie Zimmerman • Della Blakey.

Marching Children
Joyce Clemons Kittrell • Teresa Williams • Myra Cumberland Phillips • Virginia Steward Harewood • Carolyn Steward Goins • Mary Williams Steward • Peggy Williams Hudson • Glenna Dent Hennison • Billy Dent • John Curtis • Lawrence Curtis • Lewis Goins • Lee Curtis • Ralph Steward • Rev. Michael Hudson • Harold Joe Thomas • Delbert Thomas • John Cumberland Jr. • Doris Cumberland Woods • David Butch Johnson • Marva Curtis • Rosemary Clemons Cumberland • Jennie Speech Williams • Howard Williams • Brenda Thomas Coleman • Winnie Thomas Cumberland • Debbie Rollins • Charles Johnson • Diane Zimmerman

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Curtis • Glen Dent • Lynn Dent • Evelyn Steward Bostie • Sarah Alice Clemons • Annabell Johnson Smith • Dorothy Clemons Ford.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Education.

Location. 39° 12.159′ N, 83° 36.698′ W. Marker is in Hillsboro, Ohio, in Highland County. It is on North High Street (U.S. 62) north of West Main Street (U.S. 50), on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 106 N High St, Hillsboro OH 45133, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southern Ohio Hill Country.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Highland County Unknown Dead Memorial

Photographed by Craig Doda, June 25, 2022

2. Early Civil Rights protest to desegregate Hillsboro, Ohio schools Marker

(here, next to this marker); Highland County Civil War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); War Savings Stamps (within shouting distance of this marker); Highland County Revolution War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Highland County Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); John A. Smith Building (within shouting distance of this marker); W. R. Smith & Co. (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Ohio's Oldest Pharmacy (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hillsboro.

Photographed by Craig Doda, June 25, 2022

3. Early Civil Rights protest to desegregate Hillsboro, Ohio schools Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 12, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 25, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 444 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 25, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.