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June 25, 2012

 

Faburn DeFrantz: A Lifetime Of Leadership For Racial Progress

“Little progress ‘happens’," stated Faburn DeFrantz. "Usually it must be wrested from influences that—either belligerently or indifferently—deny it.”

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November 15, 2010

 

Ms. Carson Goes to Washington

The first African-American to represent Indianapolis in Washington was also the Circle City’s first Congresswoman.

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March 15, 2010

 

Teaching around Jim Crow…Merze Tate

Being the first African-American to graduate from Western Michigan Teachers College wasn't enough to land Merze Tate a teaching job in her home state.

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January 14, 2008

 

Shortridge High School

Indianapolis-born Kurt Vonnegut always placed his alma mater--Shortridge High School--beyond the range of his trademark slings and arrows.

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December 5, 2005

 

Crispus Attucks High School

The team from Crispus Attucks High School won the state basketball championship in 1955, the first time a team from an all-black school took a state title.

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