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Project Indy aims to offer summer employment to 2,000 teens

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Indianapolis mayor Joe Hogsett and other community partners recently gathered to kick off Project Indy, the mayor’s annual summer jobs program designed to teach...
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Hoosier History: Philanthropic association names first Black board chair

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For more than 10 years, Tina Gridiron has used her philanthropic powers for good, most recently as strategy director for the Lumina Foundation, where...
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Local poet shares tale of struggle and self-love

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Poet and activist Melita Carter has been through some things. The writer, who as a child experienced neglect, abuse, fatherlessness and even battled suicidal...
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Black History: Group keeping Masonic legacy alive

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The history of Prince Hall Masons, an African founded and influenced sect of freemasonry, has rich roots throughout the nation as well as the...
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Stories of Black Hoosier vets live on

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Black people have, without a doubt, been instrumental in all facets of the foundational structure of this country. This involvement, of course, extends to...
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Historic nursing home houses Black history

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After the Civil War, some of the most vulnerable people in the U.S. were elderly African-Americans who could no longer work and had no...
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Black women faced double burden in military service

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Throughout history, African-American women have participated in the defense of America. While all women in the armed forces have faced discrimination based on gender, Black...
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Recorder Throwback: Writer enlightens on names of history’s unknown

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In a 1989 special edition of the Indianapolis Recorder, contributing writer and poet Beverly L. Park Watkins educated readers on unknown figures of American...
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Decades later, Lewis’ words still ring true

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In this Feb. 3, 1979, article that was printed on the Recorder’s Editorials and Opinions page, civil rights advocate John Lewis urges his fellow...
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A look into historical Black Indy neighborhoods: Riverside and Haughville

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On the city’s west side are two neighborhoods that have been home to many African-Americans over the years: Riverside and Haughville. Riverside, located along one...
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