Charity's Children Project

19/10/2023

The descendants of Charity Broady at the Dayton Region Walk of Fame Luncheon stand in front of renowned artist Bing Davis' Ancestral Spirit Dance artwork series. The photo was taken at the request of his wife, Mrs. Audrey Davis. (Photo credit: Marsha Bonhart)

13/10/2023

On behalf of Charity’s Children Project, we are so proud and honored that our dear Matriarch Charity Davis Ceasar Broady has been recognized in such a profound and public way. This photo comes from the Legacy of Charity’s Children LLC archives and is significant in many ways. The second home on the right is 60/62 Eaker St. where Grandmother Charity lived in the 1870s. She was in her seventies and a widow of John Broady, a Dayton barber. The Broady home neighbored the Eaker Street AME Church, where in 1884, Paul Laurence Dunbar delivered "An Ode to Easter," the first public reading of his poetry.

Visible behind the Broady home, and still in existence today, are the steeples of Emmanuel Catholic Church. Dayton's first Catholic congregation was established in 1837. The building and steeples pictured in the background were built in 1871.

The Dayton Daily News reports that the Eaker Street area (which includes the former site of the Broady home) has been purchased by Chaminade Julienne High School to make way for a reimagined campus that will connect the high school to area universities

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13/10/2023

“Her legacy is becoming legendary,” Griffin said. “The telling and sharing of our family’s story has become our family obligation and privilege. On behalf of Mother Charity and her children, we, the descendants of Charity Davis Caesar Broady, want you to know we are grateful for this recognition. It’s a recognition and acknowledgement of a history that has been a part of the fabric of the Miami Valley for 220 years, and a recognition and acknowledgement of a history that ensures that a history ignored does not become a history denied.”

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20/06/2023

So excited to share that the local CBS Affiliate WHIO-TV did a feature on our family and the role of the First Wesleyan Church, co-founded by the matriarch of our family, Charity Davis Ceasar Broady.

19/06/2023

Hey, my Dayton people! Check out WHIO, Channel 7 news today at 5pm for a great Juneteenth broadcast! Pat Smith Griffin did an amazing interview at First Wesleyan, where today the bell that rang for emancipation still hangs!!!

Also, check out the podcast and website to learn more about Charity's Children Project!

https://www.charityschildren.org/

Podcast about First Wesleyan: https://rss.com/podcasts/charityschildren/858419/

Story Six: March 9, 2023Out of The Smoke and The Ashes: The Founding of the First Wesleyan Methodist Church by the United Daughters of Zion.The Legacy of Charity’s Children is a production of the Charity’s Children Project LLC.Created, Written & Narrated by Executive ProducerPatricia Smith G...

14/06/2023

Check out our latest interview with Meet the Elite Podcast!

https://www.charityschildren.org/post/meet-the-elite-podcast-chats-with-patricia-smith-griffin

17/05/2023

15/05/2023

The Legacy of Charity's Children at work!
https://www.charityschildren.org/post/wcsu-fm-88-9-talks-to-patricia-smith-griffin-with-host-cheryl-durgans

15/05/2023

https://www.charityschildren.org/post/a-history-untold-the-life-legacy-of-charity-davis-caesar-broady-only-one-mic-podcast

In this episode, Historian, Genealogist, Executive Producer, and Narrator of The Legacy of Charity's Children podcast Patricia Smith Griffin joins us to discuss the life and times of Abolitionist and Underground Railroad conductor Charity Davis Caesar Broady and her contributions to the history of O...

15/05/2023

https://www.charityschildren.org/post/dayton-daily-news-dayton-family-s-history-in-the-city-can-be-traced-back-12-generations

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14/05/2023

Happy Mother’s Day 💕

10/05/2023

Join us in congratulating The 2023 Dayton Region Walk of Fame Inductees.

Charity’s Children Project, Inc. and The Legacy of Charity’s Children, LLC (TLCC) was founded to preserve the inspiring heritage of early Ohio settlers, John Isaac Davis and his daughter, Charity Davis Caesar Broady who was of African and Ani'-Yun'wiya (Cherokee) descent. A family in the first f...

05/04/2023

Check out Patricia's thought-provoking and insightful interview with "What's the Value" Host Terry McMullen.

Podcast Summery: Understanding where you came from, how you became the person you are, and why you value the things you value--those are all reasons my guest Patricia would say it is important to understand your family history. The concept of history is so fickle in a world that changes so rapidly. Perspectives disappear and it is usually a subjective decision on what stories are told. That is the exact reason Patricia values preserving and telling her family's story so much (as she is doing through her work and podcast - Charity's Children Project).

24/03/2023

Set up for tomorrow’s event
“Discover and Uncover Your Legacy” Saturday, March 25th, 2023
1pm
National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center
Wilberforce, Ohio 45384

22/03/2023

Check out our feature article published in Columbus Dispatch today!! We'd also love to thank reporter Danae King for such a beautiful and thoughtful article.

Link to article: https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2023/03/21/often-whitewashed-ohio-black-womens-part-in-fight-for-womens-vote/69954456007/

09/03/2023

You are invited to join us March 25

“Out of the Smoke and Ashes”
In the aftermath of the attacks on Dayton‘s Africatown,
First Wesleyan Church, the Mother Church … gave birth to so many things!
Listen & Share!

Saturday, March 25, 2023 @ 1:00pm EST National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center 1350 Brush Row Rd. Wilberforce, OH 45384

07/03/2023

The Legacy of Charity’s Children “Out of the Smoke and Ashes” the founding of “The Mother Church”
Drops Thursday 9am Wherever You get your podcasts!

01/03/2023

Check out Patricia's podcast interview on Women & Wealth Podcast!

Patricia Smith Griffin is the Founder of Charity’s Children Project, Inc., and a staunch advocate for women’s issues who gives us a glimpse into the integral role Black women played in establishing a city. You'll learn who Charity is and her involvement in both the Underground Railroad and women’s suffrage, as well as how Patricia has worked to preserve her own family history and teach others to do the same.

https://youtu.be/MbEkXphxTc8

18/02/2023

“It would be challenging to check, but as far as we know, the Pattersons were the only Black automobile manufacturers,” Anderson said. The Smithsonian’s Museum of African American History and Culture also recognizes the Pattersons as the only Black carmakers.”

C.R. Patterson & Sons of Greenfield, Ohio, became the first Black-owned automobile manufacturer in 1915. More than a century later, it remains the only known one.

16/02/2023

On Tuesday, February 14, 2023, Charity's Children Project issued a press statement challenging Wright State University's Black History research and data as it relates to Dayton, Ohio's first black neighborhood.

On Wednesday, February 15, 2023, Wright State University held a public lecture entitled “Finding Africa: Using Archival Data to Recover Dayton’s First Black Neighborhood” at the Dunbar Library. The research conducted was led by Drs. Geoffrey R. Owens and Marlese Durr of the School of Social Sciences and International Studies Department.

The following video statement is from Founder Patricia Smith Griffin and was issued to the students of Wright State University who are studying under Dr. Owens, many of whom are in disagreement with Owens' methodology and research. This statement was created to show solidarity and support.