Exhibit Honors African American Pioneers at UC

University of Cincinnati Archives and Rare Books presents the photograph exhibit "Young Lions: UC's African American Student Heritage" Feb. 15-May 15. The exhibit is on display from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday in the Archives and Rare Books Department, Carl Blegen Library, Eighth Floor. The display is free and open to the public.

The photos feature African American student pioneers at the University of Cincinnati, such as Charles Henry Turner, the first African American to receive a graduate degree from UC back in 1892. There's also Ralph Belsinger, the first African American athlete at UC (track and field, 1911-1915); Jennie Davis Porter, the prominent Cincinnati educator who was the first African American woman to earn a PhD from UC in 1928; and Darwin Turner, who in 1947 at age 16 was the youngest person ever to graduate from UC. Turner became one of the preeminent literary scholars in the country.

Also featured in the exhibit are UC alums Theodore M. Berry, Cincinnati's first African American mayor; former Cincinnati city council member Tyrone Yates; athlete Willard Stargel; and Quadres, an early African American student organization at the University of Cincinnati. Accompanying text outlines the history of African American students at UC and illustrates their contributions to campus life and the community.

For additional information on the exhibit, contact Kevin Grace, Archives and Rare Books, (513) 556-1959.