African Americans in Indianapolis, livre ebook

WISH-TV interview: Author David Williams newly released book 'African-Americans in Indianapolis' explores how community overcame horrendous experiencesIndianapolis has long been steeped in important moments in African American history, from businesswoman Madame C. J. Walker's success to the rise of the Ku Klux Klan to the founding of Crispus Attucks High School, which remained segregated through the 1960s.In African Americans in Indianapolis, author and historian David Leander Williams explores this history by examining the daunting and horrendous historical events African Americans living in Indianapolis encountered between 1820 and 1970, as well as the community's determination to overcome these challenges. Revealing many events that have yet to be recorded in history books, textbooks, or literature, Williams chronicles the lives and careers of many influential individuals and the organizations that worked tirelessly to open doors of opportunity to the entire African American community. African Americans in Indianapolis serves as a reminder of the advancements that Black midwestern ancestors made toward freedom and equality, as well as the continual struggle against inequalities that must be overcome.PrefaceAcknowledgments1. Indiana Becomes a State2. Early Indianapolis3. The Shame of Indianapolis4. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness5. "Negroes, Yaw Go Back to Africa!"6. The Civil War and Beyond7. Post–Civil War Achievement8. Power of the Fourth Estate9. Dawn of the Struggle10. The Twentieth Century—Going "Up South"11. Francis "Frank" Flanner12. White Policemen Murdered! Where's Jesse Coe?13. The Indianapolis Recorder—Catalyst for Change—The Monster Meetings/Senate Avenue Y. M. C. A.14. Madame C. J. Walker and Early African-American Female Trailblazers15. The Roarin' Twenties!16. David Curtis Stephenson and the Ku Klux Klan17. Crispus Attucks High School18. A Decade of Turmoil/Lockefield Gardens19. Heroes and Sheroes of World War II20. The 1950s21. Entertainment Industry Flexes Its Muscle22. The Black Community Battles Negative Stereotypes and Introduces Jazz and Poetry23. Indiana Avenue Jazz Connection/MacArthur Conservatory of Music/The Exodus24. Historic "Firsts" of the 1950s and Its Movers and Shakers25. Urban Renewal or Negro Removal?26. Woman of ValorBibliographyIndex