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Dwayne Dixon picked up his first camera when he was 15 years old. It was a three-dollar camera from Goodwill. Born Feb. 18, 1949, in Indianapolis, by the time he was 18, he was drafted into the Navy and became an aircraft carrier.

As the community comes together to celebrate Black History Month, the Recorder is shedding a light on a few of the Black visual artists...

D'wayne Edwards brought Pensole Lewis College (PLC), previously known as Lewis Business College, to Indianapolis during All-Star week. Edwards hosted multiple workshops, returning a...

Hoosiers from across the state gathered at the Indiana State Capitol to encourage lawmakers to consider the needs of Hoosiers living with sickle cell disease.

The history of chaplains in the NBA dates back approximately 40 years. In the 1970s, former Philadelphia 76ers players Bobby Jones and Julius Erving requested...

Parents, families and Stand for Children Indiana presented a petition requesting that the IPS Board of School Commissioners focus on growing top schools for Black and brown students at a press conference on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024.

You know your history. You know about slavery and Jim Crow and Harriet Tubman and Malcolm X. You know about all those things, and more....

By ABRIANA HERRON Sampson Levingston hosts local cultural tours in Indianapolis. The return of his Through2Eyes Walk & Talk tour comes just in time for...

By JILL SHERIDAN City leaders announce public safety plans for NBA All-Star game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. (Jill Sheridan/WFYI) It’s all hands on deck as Indianapolis gets...

In a world where the narratives of women often remain in the shadows, there's a profound significance in the act of sharing their stories....