​The significant contributions of Black people in Stark County, individually and collectively, are compelling pieces of history that are largely missing from the mainstream narrative.  

We are only able to move forward when we know the full story of all the people who have created the community we call home.  

The McKinley Presidential Library and Museum and Stark County Historical Society are the perfect partners and venue for telling this story, so that all visitors might see themselves in the history and the future of Stark County.  

By bringing to light these pieces of history that have too long been in the shadows, we can inspire young people to make their own mark on history.  

You don’t have to become president or look like the people in the oil paintings to do legendary things worthy of veneration and admiration!