African Americans in Indianapolis : the Story of a People Determined to Be Free.
African Americans in Indianapolis serves as a reminder of the advancements that our midwestern ancestors made toward freedom and equality, as well as the continual struggle against inequalities that must be overcome.
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
2022.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Indiana Becomes a State
- 2. Early Indianapolis
- 3. The Shame of Indianapolis
- 4. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
- 5. "Negroes, Yaw Go Back to Africa!"
- 6. The Civil War Years and Beyond
- 7. Post-Civil War Achievement
- 8. Power of the Fourth Estate
- 9. The Twentieth Century: Going "Up South
- 10. Francis "Frank" Flanner
- 11. White Policemen Murdered! Where's Jesse Coe?
- 12. Madam C. J. Walker and Early African American Female Trailblazers
- 13. The Indianapolis Recorder, Catalyst for Change, and the Monster Meetings at the Senate Avenue YMCA
- 14. The Roarin' Twenties
- 15. David Curtis Stephenson and the Ku Klux Klan
- 16. Crispus Attucks High School: "Miracle in the Ghetto"
- 17. A Decade of Turmoil: Lockefield Gardens
- 18. Heroes of World War II
- 19. The 1950s
- 20. The Entertainment Industry Flexes Its Muscle
- 21. The Black Community Battles Negative Stereotypes and Introduces Jazz and Poetry
- 22. The Indiana Avenue Jazz Connection/Crispus Attucks/McArthur Conservatory/The Exodus
- 23. Historic Firsts of the 1960s and Their Movers and Shakers
- 24. Women of Valor
- 25. Urban Renewal Is Negro Removal
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
