58.2 F
Indianapolis
Sunday, September 24, 2023
type here...

CATEGORY

Opinion

Community Voices

Reading is fundamental

LARRY SMITH -
It’s fair to say that my immediate family’s financial resources were relatively scarce when I was a child. Fortunately, we never went without meals...
Community Voices

Looking to the past to inform and direct the future: A glimpse into Butler University

HEAVYN LESTER -
Watch week 11 podcast here. It is back to school, college move-in, and families are saying their goodbyes. Children welcome newfound freedoms, and trepidation is...
Community Voices

Time to abandon legacy admissions

LARRY SMITH -
I was a first-generation college student. Even at a very young age I understood the importance of obtaining a degree, and I always had...
Community Voices

State budget inadvertently funding school-to-prison pipeline

HEAVYN LESTER -
In the biennial budget, the state has appropriated $800 million more in cash for revised upward estimates for the Westville Correctional Facility rebuild. This...
Opinion

Don’t call it a comeback, I been here for [50] years…

HEAVYN LESTER -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOv4h1UC1g8 Hip Hop turned 50 this week, and like LL Cool J said, don't call it a comeback. It has been here for years. As...
Opinion

UNDERRATED

LARRY SMITH -
The abbreviation BPM has several meanings. There’s “Beats Per Minute”. That usually refers to one’s heartbeat, but it can also refer to musical beats....
Community Voices

Why we need diversity programs

ANDRE CARSON -
Attempts to erase Black identity and history predate colonization and slavery, but recently, some ideologues and elected officials have doubled down on attempts to...
Opinion

Book bans & public libraries

HEAVYN LESTER -
"They be our national treasure / they be / our priceless charge" (A Dark and Splendid Mass 47-48) are the lingering words of Mari...
Community Voices

Banks addressing Black business debt aversion is good business and good for city

MARSHAWN WOLLEY -
Addressing debt aversion due to poor relationships between banks and the Black community is good for banks and the city.   The Biennial Black Business...
Community Voices

In a small town

LARRY SMITH -
Around the time of Bacon’s Rebellion in Virginia (1676-1677), the word “white” appears in a legal document for the first time in our history...
123...278Page 2 of 278

BLACK HISTORY MATTERS 2023 SPECIAL EDITION

READ STORIES ONLINE
READ PDF E-EDITION

Upcoming Online Townhalls

Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper
- Advertisement -

Subscribe to our newsletter

To be updated with all the latest local news.

Stay connected

1FansLike
1FollowersFollow
1FollowersFollow
1SubscribersSubscribe

Popular articles

- Advertisement -

2901 N. Tacoma Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46218
newsroom@indyrecorder.com
(317) 924-5143

© Copyright Indianapolis Recorder
Terms of Use | Privacy Policy
Website created by KI NuMedia

About Us

Categories

Get our Newsletter

To be updated with all the latest local news.

Español + Translate »
Skip to content