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February 22, 2010

 

Monster Meetings At The YMCA

Even before the founding of the NAACP, an Indianapolis institution came to serve as a crucible for integration.

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February 8, 2010

 

A Portrait of Black Life in a Young State

Records from a small black agricultural community that once flourished in St. Joseph County contradict the image of life under state-sanctioned segregation.

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February 1, 2010

 

Slavery Before Statehood

A haven for free blacks and runaway slaves by the mid-nineteenth century, Indiana almost legalized slavery at an earlier moment in its history.

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January 25, 2010

 

Ryan White and His Legacy

Barred from school, Ryan White used the media attention his legal battles attracted to tackle the prejudice informing the public perception of HIV/AIDS.

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January 18, 2010

 

Ringmaster of the Air

Now known as the Indianapolis International Airport, the facility used to bear the name of the WW1 flying legend known as the original dive bomber.

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January 11, 2010

 

The Amish of Shipshewana

Attracted by the promise of inexpensive land, Amish settlers settled in the St. Joseph River Valley, only a few miles south of where the Potawatomi had been.

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January 4, 2010

 

Alexander Ralston and the Plan for Indianapolis

Alexander Ralston built the first Governor's mansion in Indianapolis’s center circle; Governor James B. Ray, however, refused to live in it.

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December 28, 2009

 

Doing it for Themselves…The Overbeck Sisters

The Overbeck sisters of Cambridge City launched their ceramics enterprise as a way to establish economic independence. In 1911, their timing was fortuitous.

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December 21, 2009

 

Equity on the Hardwood

It took a 6’3” sophomore from Shelbyville and a righteous university president to break down the color line in Big Ten basketball.

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December 14, 2009

 

Far from “common”… Elinor Ostrom

Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom dared to theorize that common property might be best managed through the cooperation of those who use it.

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