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Gahanna honors educator Cora Mae Thurman with Black History Month resolution
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Gahanna City Council presented a research‑based tribute to Cora Mae Thurman and adopted a joint resolution recognizing February 2026 as Black History Month, in a program that highlighted Thurman’s role as the first African American student and later an influential teacher from Gahanna.
Gahanna City Council opened its Feb. 2, 2026 meeting with a special program honoring Cora Mae Thurman and adopted a joint resolution recognizing February as Black History Month.
Tom Gregory, a longtime local‑history steward and Gahanna Lincoln High School alumnus, delivered a detailed presentation on Thurman’s life, tracing her family’s migration from Virginia to Jackson County, Ohio, and noting that Thurman — born March 1894 — was the first African American student to attend Gahanna schools in 1904 and the first African American to graduate…
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