June 4, 2024, Press Release from the Hancock Historical Museum: The Hancock Historical Museum is featuring an exclusive film screening of "The Lincoln School Story" at 12 p.m. Thursday, June 6 as a special part of the organization's monthly Brown Bag Lecture series. This new documentary film tells the inspiring story of a group of courageous African American mothers who fought for school integration in 1954 in the town of Hillsboro, Ohio. Produced by award-winning filmmaker Andrea Torrice, The Lincoln School Story is the first documentary to feature these women and highlight their role in the early civil rights movement. Introducing the film and finishing with a Q&A, will be Melvin Barnes with Ohio Humanities.
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