The Secret History of the West End: Building a Community Across Races and Religions
Wednesday, Aug 19, 20152:14 AMEDT
| 3101 Clifton Avenue Cincinnati, OH
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Little known to most Cincinnatians, one small corner of the Queen City has been home to residents from a wide variety of backgrounds over its 200 year history. The West End, including the Betts Longworth Historic District, began in 1804 when William Betts bought 111 acres of land and built his little brick house that still stands today. It developed as a bustling community that hosted diverse residents over time, evolving from the home of the local Protestant and Jewish merchants to a blended, changing neighborhood of all races religions. Who lived here? What businesses did they own? How did they work together, or not? How did it change? What is it today? To honor and recognize the contributions of those who built the West End, The Secret History of the West End will present the development of the West with emphasis on its Jewish heritage and how diverse groups of Jews, African Americans, and German and English immigrants, built this community over time. The discussion panel includes: John Harshaw, author, Cincinnati's West End: Through our Eyes, historian, banker, resident and lecturer; Dr. David Stradling, Professor, Department of History, University of Cincinnati and author, including Cincinnati: From River City to Highway Metropolis; Carl Westmoreland, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center faculty and local historian; Dr. Gary P. Zola, Executive Director of The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives and the Edward M. Ackerman Family Distinguished Professor of the American Jewish Experience at HUC., author and lecturer. The Betts House is proud to present this program in partnership with our co-sponsors, the Cincinnati Skirball Museum at HUC, The Jacob Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, and the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. The Betts House
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