Archive for December 2005

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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.

December 12, 2005

Indiana Dunes

A "place for the millions of pent-up city folk to seek refuge, quiet and renewal"; the Indiana Dunes State Park was an early environmentalist victory.

December 19, 2005

Century of Steel

In 1901, U.S. Steel settled in Lake County Indiana, to build what would become the world’s largest integrated steel mill.

December 26, 2005

The Slavery Question

Indiana’s acceptance of African-American citizens, despite the 1787 Northwest ordinance outlawing slavery, was slow in coming.

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