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Black History Matters

Students share their wish list for the future of Black History Month

CAMIKE JONES - February 26, 2025

At Rooted School Indianapolis, these students look ahead to a new vision of what Black History Month could be. The Indianapolis Recorder caught up with...

Sports

Pacers get involved during Black History Month

NORAL PARHAM - February 3, 2025

In honor of Black History Month, Pacers Sports & Entertainment (PS&E) is transforming Gainbridge Fieldhouse into a hub of unique activations and exhibits. Chief executive...

Arts & Culture

Celebrating MLK Day in Indianapolis

CHLOE McGOWAN - January 16, 2025

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is just around the corner. The federal holiday gives kids and families the day off to not only reflect on...

Opinion

We need Dr. King’s wisdom more than ever

ANDRE CARSON - January 18, 2024

On January 15th, 2024, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would have been 95 years old. Each year – and often throughout the year -- we...

Opinion

Still not free at last

LARRY SMITH - January 18, 2024

During his lifetime, Martin Luther King, Jr. repeatedly went to jail for violating many of our nation’s unjust laws, such as peacefully protesting racial...

Opinion

He was a bad mother…

LARRY SMITH - November 2, 2023

Ossie Davis, the only man to eulogize both Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr., said of the former at his funeral: “Malcolm was...

Education

Author: Black teachers’ resistance to segregation 60 years ago holds lessons for teachers today

CHALKBEAT INDIANA - October 19, 2023

By TONYAA WEATHERSBEE As a Birmingham, Alabama, native, Tondra Loder-Jackson was inspired by Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement. She was especially inspired by...

Local News

ICRC’s MLK Days of Service 2023

HEAVYN LESTER - September 28, 2023

The Indiana Civil Rights Commission (ICRC), the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Indiana Holiday Commission (MLKIHC) and Indiana Black Expo, Inc. hosted their Annual Dr. Martin...

Community Voices

African-American History for Week of: April 12th

Annette Johnson - April 10, 2015

Know Your History!While slavery in America hosts the background of Black history, the African American impact on history reaches beyond the country's early history,...

Community Voices

African-American History Facts: Poor People’s Campaign

Annette Johnson - March 4, 2015

Know Your History!Up to the early 20th century, most American knowledge of Black history was limited to the African American struggle through slavery and...

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