Cleveland’s Black Business Expo, a free event on Feb. 12, spotlights local Black businesses and gives vendors the opportunity to network. Bring the kids to the Western Reserve Historical Society’s homeschool field trip day on Feb. 20 which explores the contributions of the city’s Black community.
Cincinnati’s Chamber of Commerce annual dinner celebrates 2025’s We Are Making Black History honorees at its “Legacy & Promise: A Celebration of Leadership” event.
Columbus hosts Black Wall Street at Ohio State honoring Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Greenwood District, one of the wealthiest Black communities in the nation and the target of a white supremacist massacre in 1921.
– Eve Lederman, The 100 Companies