African Americans in Indianapolis : the story of a people determined to be free / David Leander Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, David L., 1922- author.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Indiana--Indianapolis--History.

African Americans.

African Americans--Civil rights--Indiana--Indianapolis--History.

Indianapolis (Ind.)--History.

Indianapolis (Ind.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 215 pages) : illustrations (some color), portraits

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2022]

Summary:

African Americans in Indianapolis serves as a reminder of the advancements that our midwestern ancestors made toward freedom and equality, as well as the continual struggle against inequalities that must be overcome.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Indiana Becomes a State

2. Early Indianapolis

3. The Shame of Indianapolis

4. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

5. "Negroes, Yaw Go Back to Africa!"

6. The Civil War Years and Beyond

7. Post-Civil War Achievement

8. Power of the Fourth Estate

9. The Twentieth Century: Going "Up South

10. Francis "Frank" Flanner

11. White Policemen Murdered! Where's Jesse Coe?

12. Madam C. J. Walker and Early African American Female Trailblazers

13. The Indianapolis Recorder, Catalyst for Change, and the Monster Meetings at the Senate Avenue YMCA

14. The Roarin' Twenties

15. David Curtis Stephenson and the Ku Klux Klan

16. Crispus Attucks High School: "Miracle in the Ghetto"

17. A Decade of Turmoil: Lockefield Gardens

18. Heroes of World War II

19. The 1950s

20. The Entertainment Industry Flexes Its Muscle

21. The Black Community Battles Negative Stereotypes and Introduces Jazz and Poetry

22. The Indiana Avenue Jazz Connection/Crispus Attucks/McArthur Conservatory/The Exodus

23. Historic Firsts of the 1960s and Their Movers and Shakers

24. Women of Valor

25. Urban Renewal Is Negro Removal

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Williams, David L. African Americans in Indianapolis

ISBN:

9780253059505

025305950X

9780253059512

0253059518

OCLC:

1389406929