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Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017
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Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Sister Jane on Christmas and the Afro-American. The hosts begin by discussing the historical connection between Blacks and Christianity. They then discuss the commercialization and distortion of the holiday. Fr. Hardin focuses specifically on the white figure of Santa Claus and how holiday figures should be adapted to better suit the needs of certain communities.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017, Smith, Dwight
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Part 3 in the series: Afro-American in Indiana. Host Dwight Smith and featured guest Rev. Boniface Hardin and Sister Jane Edward Schilling discuss inclusion of Black men in the Civil War and politics, attitudes towards slavery of presidents up to Abraham Lincoln, and the limits of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. Smith, Hardin and Schilling examine the Reconstruction era, the Baptist Association statement, and Indiana laws that excluded blacks, preventing them from entering Indiana. The role of the Supreme Court, Indiana court cases, the restoration of "home rule", and Jim Crow are discussed. Figures discussed are Andrew Johnson, Rev, Moses Broyels, Governor Oliver Martin, and Rutherford B. Hayes, the AME church, and Governor Oliver Martin as an advocate of civil rights.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017
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Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Sister Jane Schilling about the role of African Americans in Indiana during the Civil War. Topics include efforts to stem Black migration into the state, resistance to arming Black people, Massachusetts recruiting Black men from Indiana for the 54th division, how Battle of Fort Wagner reduced bias against Black soldiers, order to enlist “colored” troops by Gov. Morton, role of Gen. William H. H. Terrell, Indiana regiments including the 28th Colored Infantry and the Battle of the Crater.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017
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In session 27 of the Afro-American in Indiana, host Rev. Boniface Hardin and featured guest sister Jane Edward Schilling discuss the history of the Civil War and the role of the Black man. Topics focus on the impact of Uncle Tom's cabin, causes of Civil War, Indiana's conflicted stance on slavery, the Dred Scott decision, the popularity of African colonization movement, and democrats (pro-slavery) in control of the Indiana legislature. Major figures discussed include Presidents James Buchanan and Abraham Lincoln, and Roger B. Taney.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017
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In session 29 of the Afro-American in Indiana, host Rev. Boniface Hardin and featured guest sister Jane Edward Schilling continue their discussion of the role of the Black man in the Civil War. Topics covered in this program focus on Black people committing to serve in the war, Frederick Douglass' "Men of Color, To Arms," the 1862 riot in New Albany, the dishonor that whites felt fighting alongside Black soldiers, the need for Black soldiers in the war, the battle of Crater and the significance of this battle as a testimony to Black heroism, war and nobility, and the Holy Angels Catholic school in Indianapolis.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017
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In session 30 of the Afro-American in Indiana, host Rev. Boniface Hardin and featured guest sister Jane Edward Schilling continue their discussion of the Civil War. Topics focus on the U.S. approach to war and public sentiment, the first time Black people were treated as people in Indiana, attitudes after Civil War, confusion after Lincoln’s assassination, Black soldiers who returned home after the war, long-term effects of Indiana’s policies against Black people seen in desegregation, difference between Emancipation Proclamation and 13th Amendment, the 14th amendment and citizenship, mistakes of comparing the Black experience with the American Indian and immigrant experience, the melting pot myth, and the fear that Emancipation will give Black people other rights.
Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017, Smith, Dwight, Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012
Summary:
Part 4 in the series: Afro-American in Indiana. Host Dwight Smith and guests Rev. Boniface Hardin and Sister Jane Edward Schilling discuss the "Golden Era" of Reconstruction after the Civil War (1866-1900), public education available to Black people, role of Indiana Supreme Court in the segregation of schools, inaccuracy of census figures around 1877, restoration of Home Rule (Jim Crow), the role of Black teachers and principals, and Black owned newspapers. Smith, Hardin, and Schilling also discuss major figures such as the Bagby brothers, James Hinton, Rev. James Townsend, Rev. Richards Bassett, Gabriel, Dr. Samuel E. Elbert, Dr. Sumner Furnace, Dr. George Washington Buckner, and JBT Hill.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017
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Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Sister Jane Edward Schilling about the colonization movement and efforts to resettle free African Americans in Liberia in the 19th century. Topics include the Indiana branch of the American Colonization Society; arguments for and against relocation by Black leaders; the roles of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Abraham Lincoln, and AME Bishop Paul Quinn in Indiana; and opposition by Frederick Douglass.
Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017, Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012
Summary:
Father Boniface Hardin continues a discussion with Sister Jane Schilling about the colonization movement in Indiana and efforts to resettle free African Americans in Africa in the 19th century. Topics include the 1852 establishment of the colonization board in Indiana and purchase of land in Liberia, arguments for and against colonization, solicitation and instructions to emigres, accounts of those who emigrated, and the eventual demise of the movement.
In session 35 of the Afro-American in Indiana, host Rev. Boniface Hardin and featured guest Sister Jane Schilling discuss Black Codes and laws in Indiana with the laws in the South. Topics covered in this program focus on the Alabama Code defining slaves and freemen, the 1808 Code in Indiana Territory, the creation of Northwest Ordinance that prohibits slavery but speaks in terms of freemen, systems of taxation in Indiana requires listing of slaves with other property, definition of mixed race people, effect of codes on both master and slave, fierce determination of Black people to survive and contribute to nation, “The Insurgent” poem by Mari Evans, dream of discrimination being past history.
