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Archive for August 2009

August 3, 2009

 

Astronauts’ Cradle

Neil Armstrong’s history-making voyage 250,000 miles from home began two decades earlier with the 220-mile trip from Wapakoneta, Ohio to West Lafayette.

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August 10, 2009

 

Goin’ Back to Indiana

“Goin’ Back to Indiana” was a multi-media phenomenon capitalizing on the legend of the Jacksons’ small-town Hoosier identity.

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August 17, 2009

 

Beyond Steel, in the Magic City

As the Jacksons’ musical star rose in the late 1960s, their hardscrabble hometown was in decline.

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August 24, 2009

 

National Black Political Convention

In 1972, thousands of members of the African-American community were “Goin’ Back to Indiana” for a groundbreaking political event.

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August 31, 2009

 

From Peace to Rage

In the fall of 1969, the leader of the Weather Underground came through Bloomington to recruit students for a street protest in Chicago--and failed to do so.

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