New exhibit! African Americans in the Military Flight to Freedom - video production on the Underground Railroad Exhibits on African American heritage and culture include: - Freedom's Journey: The Underground Railroad - African American Women in the 19th Century - The Black Church in America Learn all about our African American genealogical resources Join in […]

A new portrait of our namesake, the Reverend David L. Nickens. A video production of "Flight to Freedom" on the Underground Railroad, exhibits on African American heritage and culture, learn all about our African American genealogical resources.

Featured will be fascinating exhibits on local, regional, and national African American history and culture, including “Occupations of People of Color in Chillicothe’s Past,” “Freedom’s Journey: The Underground Railroad,” “African American Women in the 19th Century,” and “The Black Church in America,” including audio readings of an 1832 sermon by David Nickens and an 1842 […]

Exhibits on local & national African American heritage & culture include: “Occupations of People of Color in Chillicothe’s Past” (New!), “Freedom’s Journey: The Underground Railroad,” “African American Women in the 19th Century,” and “The Black Church in America.”

Flight to Freedom- a new video on the Underground Railroad. Exhibits on local & national African American heritage & culture include: "Occupations of People of Color in Chillicothe's Past" (New!), "Freedom's Journey: The Underground Railroad," "African American Women in the 19th Century," and "The Black Church in America."

Celebrate Statehood Day with a tour of the David Nickens Heritage Center. One of Chillicothe's best examples of mid-19th century residential architecture and a historic landmark built in 1854. Exhibits on local & national African American heritage & culture include: "Freedom's Journey: The Underground Railroad," "African American Women in the 19th Century," and "The Black […]

A regional heritage group highlights African-American history this Sunday in Chillicothe. SCOPS, the South Central Ohio Preservation Society, holds its winter quarterly meeting at the David Nickens Heritage Center. Historian Beverly Gray will cover the underground railroad, the 19th century African-American woman, and the African-American church in America. The 2:30pm tour and talk at 71 […]