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Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017
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Father Boniface Hardin and Sister Jane Schilling discuss the Black codes in Indiana, including legal restrictions that limited the freedom of Black people as well as the lack of enforcement of anti-slavery laws and requirements for statehood. They conclude that challenges to the intellectual capacity of people of color were used to support most of the Black code laws and still persist today.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017
Summary:
Father Boniface Hardin continues a discussion with Sister Jane Schilling about Black codes in Indiana that restricted the freedom of African Americans. Topics include the 1803 Indiana law specifying that Negroes and Mulattos entering the state had to leave when their contracts were up, politicians’ views toward slavery, selective enforcement of laws, statistics on enslaved people in Indiana, and the need to change mindsets through conscious education and action for change.
Part 11 in the series: Afro-American in Indiana. Host Dwight Smith and featured guest Rev. Boniface Hardin discuss Black physicians after the Reconstruction era, Black experiences with hospitals, motivations of Black people entering the field of law and medicine, the National Medical Association for Black physicians separate from White society, and medical training for Black physicians at Howard University and Meharry Medical College. Smith and Hardin discuss major Black physicians such as Dr. Wesley Robins, Dr. Samuel Elbert, Dr. Henry Furniss, Dr. Sumner Furniss, Dr. Mary E. Hyatt, Dr. Frank Lloyd, Dr. Raymond Pierce, among others.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017
Summary:
Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Sister Jane Schilling on the book A Brief History of the Negro in Anderson, Indiana by James Warren Bailey. After talking about the book’s contents and authors, the hosts discuss the history of Anderson, Indiana and Black families in the town. They focus on Black jobs, churches, businesses, and intellectual organizations in the town, calling it the “Anderson Renaissance.”
Bill Spaulding hosts a discussion with Paulette Anderson, of the Martin Center, about the roles of Black men and women in Black families and the misconception of the Black matriarchal society. Other topics include economic factors as a source of conflict, educational opportunities of Black women over men, school busing, self-image, and the opening of the Institute of Afro American Studies.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017
Summary:
Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Sister Jane Schilling about the history of Indiana Black soldiers in the Spanish American war. Topics include yellow journalism, coverage in Black newspapers The Freeman and Indianapolis World, promotion of racial affinity with Cuba, Indiana Black militia, racism and the refusal of government to accept Black officers, troops joining Black regiment in Kentucky, war ending before Indiana’s Black troops mobilized, impact on move toward integrated army.
Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Mrs. Mynelle Gardner on the impact of the Black Movement in the1960s. Ms. Gardner begins by describing the Black Movement and the goals of its participants. The hosts discuss the ultimate successes and failures of the movement, as well as its impact on modern Black people. They also discuss teaching children about the movement and about Black history.
Fr. Boniface Hardin and Dwight Smith host this episode on which Jerry Harkness, a former player for the Knicks and Pacers, joins the program as a guest. Hardin, Smith, and Harkness discuss the challenging path to success for Black musicians, including financial exploitation, white musicians copying the work of Black musicians, and barriers to finding places to sleep and eat as a performer. Indiana Avenue and the Cotton Club in the '40s are discussed. The hosts and guest speak about famous musicians from Indiana and elsewhere such as the Ink Spots, George Porter, Montgomery Brothers, Freddy Hubbard, Larry Ridley, Dave Baker, J.J. Johnson. High school teachers Jack Powell and Frank Clay are discussed. The influence of church music and families like the Hamptons, the availability of records of early artists, the business side of Black music in the 1940s, and the classical music scene are also topics covered in this program.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017
Summary:
In session 21 of the Afro-American in Indiana, host Rev. Boniface Hardin and featured guest sister Jane Edward Schilling, chief researcher at the Institute of Afro-American Studies, discuss Black newspapers in the state of Indiana. Topics focus on the establishment of the first Black newspaper in the U.S. in 1826, The Indianapolis Leader (1879-85), The World 1882-1924, The Freeman (1888-1926), The Indianapolis Recorder (1897), The Indianapolis Ledger (1912), and the Afro-American Journal. Major figures discussed include John Russwurm, Samuel Cornish, The Bayley Brothers (Robert, Benjamin, and James), Ed Cooper, Levi Christy, William H. Porter, and George P. Stewart.
