/tags/freedom-center Freedom Center en-US Copyright Thu, 21 Apr 2022 18:53:12 GMT /arts/2022-04-21/marking-time-art-incarcerated-prison-freedom-center The exhibit, "Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration," opens at the Freedom Center Friday and runs through Aug. 7. Thu, 21 Apr 2022 18:53:12 GMT /arts/2022-04-21/marking-time-art-incarcerated-prison-freedom-center Jolene Almendarez /local-news/2022-01-14/cincinnati-mlk-day-coalition-march-virtual-covid The MLK Coalition is hosting a virtual program and march for the 47th annual MLK Day Commemorative Program. This year's theme is "Your freedom and my freedom are bound together." Fri, 14 Jan 2022 09:06:00 GMT /local-news/2022-01-14/cincinnati-mlk-day-coalition-march-virtual-covid Jolene Almendarez /arts/2021-10-11/freedom-center-luba-lukova-designing-justice-art-exhibit Artist Luba Lukova says art is a unifier and equalizer that can speak to people of any background, and her traveling exhibit is meant to do that. Mon, 11 Oct 2021 08:43:00 GMT /arts/2021-10-11/freedom-center-luba-lukova-designing-justice-art-exhibit Jolene Almendarez /local-news/2021-01-15/everything-you-need-to-know-about-this-years-mlk-march-in-cincinnati The annual Cincinnati Martin Luther King Jr. march is still on, but will also include cars this year, as participants try to socially distance themselves… Fri, 15 Jan 2021 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2021-01-15/everything-you-need-to-know-about-this-years-mlk-march-in-cincinnati Ann Thompson /community/2018-08-03/a-conversation-with-dion-brown-new-president-of-the-freedom-center After 21 years in the Air Force and positions with the St. Louis Blues Museum and the B.B. King Museum in Mississippi, Dion Brown has come to Cincinnati… Fri, 03 Aug 2018 09:00:15 GMT /community/2018-08-03/a-conversation-with-dion-brown-new-president-of-the-freedom-center Ron Esposito /community/2018-01-26/black-history-month-programs-at-the-freedom-center For Black History Month: Frank Johnson has a preview of many of the events and activities that will be taking place at the National Underground Railroad… Fri, 26 Jan 2018 10:00:15 GMT /community/2018-01-26/black-history-month-programs-at-the-freedom-center /arts/2017-11-10/an-important-collection-of-african-american-art-now-on-display-at-the-freedom-center The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center has just opened a new exhibition of privately owned African American art. Joining Jane Durrell to talk… Fri, 10 Nov 2017 10:00:30 GMT /arts/2017-11-10/an-important-collection-of-african-american-art-now-on-display-at-the-freedom-center Jane Durrell /community/2017-04-03/storycorps-will-be-in-cincinnati-to-record-your-stories Founded in 2003, the nonprofit organization StoryCorps has given more than 100,000 Americans the chance to record interviews about their lives, pass… Mon, 03 Apr 2017 08:00:05 GMT /community/2017-04-03/storycorps-will-be-in-cincinnati-to-record-your-stories /community/2017-03-21/previewing-the-new-nelson-mandela-exhibit-at-the-freedom-center This Friday, the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center will present the world premier of the exhibition, Mandela: The Journey to Ubuntu. The… Tue, 21 Mar 2017 08:00:05 GMT /community/2017-03-21/previewing-the-new-nelson-mandela-exhibit-at-the-freedom-center Jay Hanselman /arts/2017-03-17/mandela-the-journey-to-ubuntu-exhibit-opening-at-the-freedom-center The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center opens its next major exhibition in conjunction with South African documentary photographer Matthew… Fri, 17 Mar 2017 09:00:15 GMT /arts/2017-03-17/mandela-the-journey-to-ubuntu-exhibit-opening-at-the-freedom-center Jane Durrell