Articles tagged as: Black History
February 14, 2024
Play celebrates groundbreaking ‘55 Crispus Attucks High School basketball team during NBA All-Star weekend
A play celebrating a pivotal event in Indianapolis Black history is this weekend, to coincide with festivities for the NBA All-Star weekend.
Read MoreSeptember 28, 2022
Program created to identify and save Indiana’s Black historic sites
A new program highlights Black heritage sites in Indiana in hopes these places can qualify for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
Read MoreJuly 5, 2022
Local organization works to preserve Indiana Black historical sites
A local organization wants to see two Indiana Black historical sites remain intact for future generations.
Read MoreMarch 21, 2022
Conner Prairie and Smithsonian Institution partner for African American exhibit
Conner Prairie will participate in the Smithsonian Institution’s cohort program. “Promised Land as Proving Ground” to portray faith-based Black culture through food, music, dance, and activism from pre-colonial Africa to the present.
Read MoreMarch 14, 2022
Conner Prairie developing program to explore experience of Black settlers in Indiana
Conner Prairie is one of only nine organizations nationwide participating in a Smithsonian Institution program to foster community engagement and encourage community conversations about African American culture from pre-colonial Africa to the present day.
Read MoreMarch 2, 2022
Children's clinic makes local and state history
A new north eastside clinic could ease a health care desert in Indianapolis.
Read MoreFebruary 28, 2022
Local clinic provides children’s health services in underserved area
Children's Express Care Clinic owner, family nurse practitioner and certified medical examiner TaQuita Taylor said she did not realize she was making history as she was deciding to open the facility.
Read MoreFebruary 24, 2021
Historic African-American Sites In Indiana Receive Funding
Two funds honoring the legacy of Eli Lilly's first Black chemist will provide grants to organizations working to preserve, restore and maintain important African-American landmarks in Indiana. Standiford H. Cox created these funds in his name and to honor his parents.
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