TOLEDO – Before there was a documentary, there were voices—soft, unrecorded, almost lost.
Elders in a rural Ohio town gathered in churches and kitchens, passing down stories of Olympic trials, steel mill shifts and cross-country train rides. Now, History Forgotten and Now for All to See brings those voices to Toledo for a Juneteenth screening that asks, “What do we lose when we don’t listen?”
It is not every day that a small Ohio town of fewer than 100 families lays claim to Olympians, university deans, heavyweight champions and civil rights pioneers. But Braceville, Ohio did. This community-made documentary shining a light on this town’s legacy will screen at Heatherdowns Branch Library on Saturday, June 21, at 2:30 p.m. Admission is free.…