An Evening With Ric Sheffield, Author of False Promises: The Struggle for Black Voting Rights in 1800s Ohio
Date: 10/28/2025
Time: 06:00 pm-07:00 pm
Location: Veterans Hall, Knox Memorial Building,112 East High Street, 2nd Floor, Mount Vernon, OH 43050
Organizer: Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County
Cost: Free
Contact and more info:
knoxwrites1@gmail.com
https://www.knox.net/
About the event:
The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County is delighted to host Ric S. Sheffield, acclaimed local
author and Emeritus professor of Legal Studies and Sociology at Kenyon College for a reading and
discussion of False Promises: The Struggle for Black Voting Rights in 1800s Ohio. False Promises is a
collection of stories of courage and resolve as Black men tried to exercise their voting rights as citizens in
late-1800s Ohio. These stories reveal how contemporary voter-suppression tactics have roots in Ohio’s
history of resistance to universal suffrage and challenge the perception that voting rights injustices were
solely confined to the South.
Tuesday, October 28th
6:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M.
Veterans Hall, Knox Memorial Building
112 East High Street, 2nd Floor, Mount Vernon, OH 43050
A limited number of complimentary copies of False Promises will be available to patrons at the Mount
Vernon Library after October 20th on a first-come, first-served basis. A few additional copies will be
available to event attendees on October 28th.
All Library programs are free and open to the public. For more information about this event, visit
www.knox.net, email knoxwrites1@gmail.com, or call (740) 392-BOOK extension 8259.
To request AV equipment setup email Chris or Jessica
To request recording of events, email Chris or Jessica