I’ve loved the first two installments of this series focusing on the Short North and German Village. Tonight, we get to see the next Columbus Neighborhood’s history come to life. The third installment in WOSU’s Columbus Neighborhoods series premieres tonight at 9pm on WOSU TV and showcases the King-Lincoln neighborhood. Learn more about the deep history of Columbus and its core neighborhoods during this one-hour documentary produced by WOSU.

King-Lincoln Documentary Premieres April 19 (tonight!) at 9pm.

About the King-Lincoln Documentary:
At its height in the 1930s, hundreds of people filled its bustling streets. The nation’s top musicians played its many theatres and clubs. African Americans of all walks of life lived and shopped there. Its two fabled streets, Mt. Vernon Avenue and Long Street, anchored the neighborhood that became the commercial and cultural heart of Columbus’s African American community.

Columbus Neighborhoods: King-Lincoln shows how this thriving neighborhood developed on land once used by Buffalo Bill when he brought his wild west show to Columbus. Because Columbus was practically—if not officially—segregated, a self-contained and self-reliant African American community developed and flourished on the city’s Near East side. The documentary explores the area’s rich and vibrant music heritage and includes features on Elijah Pierce, Aminah Robinson, Roman Johnson, and other artists. The program also explores the neighborhood’s demise as the interstate separated it from the rest of the city and shows how the renovation of the Lincoln Theatre may be a sign of the community’s rebirth.

For information on purchasing the Columbus Neighborhoods documentaries, click here.