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Public Lecture by Logan H. Westbrooks in the Showers City Hall as part of Bloomington's Black History Month. The lecture was followed by a reception in the lobby of City Hall. The lecture video available here was edited together from the camera footage.
Public lecture by Logan H. Westbrooks in the Neal Marshall Black Culture Center Grand Hall as the opening event of Indiana University's "Black History Month." The lecture was followed by a reception in the Neal Marshall Black Culture Center, Bridgwaters Lounge. The lecture was shot using two separate cameras and lasted for approximately 75 min. The lecture video available here was edited together from the three video files of main camera footage.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017
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Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Sister Jane on Abraham Lincoln and his stance on slavery. This session, the first of two episodes on Abraham Lincoln, describes Lincoln’s early years in Kentucky and Indiana, his political career, and his canonization as an anti-slavery activist by Americans. The hosts analyze Lincoln’s stance on slavery, quoting his speeches and the speeches of his political opponent Stephen Douglas.
William Spaulding moderates a conversation with two guests, Ms. Gloria Wallace from the Marion County Welfare Department and Ms. Janet Myers from the Children’s Bureau. They discuss the adoption processes of their respective organizations, transracial adoption, recruitment of Black adoptive families in the Indianapolis area, and preparing non-Black families to raise a Black child in society.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017
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Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Sister Jane Schilling on alternative schooling for Black students. Fr. Hardin addresses the need for more Black students in graduate school, which can be accomplished through more supportive alternative schooling. The hosts discuss the current alternative schools in Indiana, the historical development of school systems, and the benefits that alternative schooling offers Black students in the state.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017
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Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Sister Jane Schilling on the ancient roots of the Afro-American. The hosts begin by discussing why knowing one’s heritage is so important, especially for Afro-Americans. They then describe the prehistory of Africa, including the history of the earliest known humans, and talk about teaching this history to children.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017
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Father Boniface Hardin hosts a second discussion with Sister Jane Schilling on the ancient roots of the Afro-American that focuses on geography. The hosts begin by reiterating the importance of knowing Afro-American roots and by describing the geography of prehistoric Africa. They describe the Sahara Desert and its influence on migration, the Blackness of Egypt, and the Black identities of figures like Moses and Cleopatra.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017
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Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Sister Jane on Andrew Ramsey and historical retelling. The hosts discuss the subjectivity of history before playing an excerpt of a lecture by Ramsey on Indianapolis history. Using examples from Ramsey’s lecture, the hosts touch on issues of recollection of Black history such as undocumented desegregation efforts and the exclusion of the Black presence.
Spaulding, William, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017, Smith, Dwight, Anderson, Paulette
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Bill Spaulding hosts an anniversary program with Sister Jane Schilling, Paulette Anderson and Dwight Smith that recaps previous programs with the focus primarily on the early history of African Americans in Indiana. Topics include small Black communities not recorded in history, Colonial period, slavery, Ben Ishmaelites, underground railroad, Black participation in wars, and a commentary on contemporary artists and writers.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017, Doyle, Pat
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Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Sister Jane and Pat Doyle on the Battle of the Crater and the 13th Amendment. Fr. Hardin begins by describing a recent visit to the Battle of the Crater site and gives the history of the event. The group discusses their thoughts on it before moving into a discussion of the ratification of the 13th Amendment. They discuss its negative reception in Indiana, as well as reactions from Black people at the time including Moses Broyles.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017
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Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Sister Jane Schilling on the current recession and how it impacts the Black community. The hosts discuss unemployment, the recession’s impact on health and diet, the importance of education, and community-oriented approaches to remedying unemployment.
Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Paul Johnson about the history of the Ben Ishmaelites in Indianapolis, ranging from the 19th century writings of Rev. Oscar McCulloch to more contemporary research that disputes the authenticity of previous accounts regarding demographics and economic status.
A recording of Benjamin Bradford’s Post Mortem, a radio drama that won first place in the Golden Windmill Radio Drama Contest. The drama follows a mortician and the spirit of a young boy as they perform an autopsy. They discuss the boy’s short life, the mortician’s career aspirations, and the situation leading up to his death. The drama concludes with the mortician considering the life of his own son and the boy drifting away.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017, Gardner, Mynelle
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Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Sister Jane Schilling and Mrs. Mynelle Gardner, teacher and board member of the Martin Center, on Black English in America. The group discusses the use of Black English in the classroom, negative perceptions of Black English, code-switching, and the influence of Black English on standard English in America.
Part 12 in the series: Afro-American in Indiana. Host Dwight Smith and featured guest Rev. Boniface Hardin discuss Black business in the state of Indiana, providing a historical context of the economics of Black people. Topics covered include agriculture, legislators considering denying property rights to encourage emigration to Liberia, population center for Black people in Indiana, land ownership, service professions, the emergence of the Black clergyman, the Society of Free Persons of Color, and the Emancipation of slaves in West Indies.
Part 13 in the series: Afro-American in Indiana. Host Dwight Smith and featured guest Rev. Boniface Hardin continue their discussion of Black men in business within the social context of Indiana. Topics covered in this program focus on the aspirations of Black business owners, labor union discrimination, the appointment of the biracial committee by Governor Henry Schricker, Black businesses in Indianapolis (1970s), black business men serving as mentors and how young Black men face challenges in communications. Major figures and businesses discussed include John Weaver, Jesse Gilford, Madame C.J. Walker, Nancy "Mother" Smother, Howard Bell, Willis Funeral Home, Two Little Tailor, Willis Bryant, Potter-Scott Electrical Contractors, and the Elite Bar and Chinese Café.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017
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Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Sister Jane Schilling on the Black church. They begin by explaining African religious beliefs and practices and how those were interrupted by the slave trade. The hosts explain how slaves worshipped and how Black religious practices developed in the United States. Fr. Hardin concludes the session by describing the current Black church and important aspects of worship.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017, Holman, Marsha
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Part 15 in the series: Afro-American in Indiana. Host Rev. Boniface Hardin and featured guests sister Jane Edward Schilling, Marsha Holman, and directress Sister Barbara discuss the historical context of religion among Black people in the state of Indiana. Topics include the role of different churches in the lives of Black people, music as a key characteristic of the Black church, preaching styles and audience engagement, Second Baptist Church in Indianapolis, Presbyterian women, Quaker support for black people, the Post-Civil War period in Black churches, The Black Church in America edited by Hart M. Nelsen, the church as a haven for Black people, and the Eleutherian Institute and Eclectic Medical Colleges. Major figures discussed in this program include Moses Broyles, and Gwendolyn Brooks.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017, Holman, Marsha
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Part 14 of the series: Afro-American in Indiana. Host Rev. Boniface Hardin and featured guests sister Jane Edward Schilling and Marsha Holman discuss the historical relationship between churches and African Americans in Indiana. Topics covered in this program focus on the context of Black churches in the United States, the labeling of African religion as paganism by slaveholders, "Africanisms" in churches, Black seating sections, churches as slave owners and traders, churches providing a place of freedom for slaves, the founding and role of AME churches, the first "systematized separation of blacks and whites in the U.S." occurring in churches, and the role of the church in mentoring political figures (1972). Major figures and churches discussed include Richard Allen, Absalom Jones, William Paul Quinn, Bethel AME Chapel and Allen Chapel.
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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Mrs. Mynelle Gardner on Black psychology. They discuss the unique psychic issues afflicting Black individuals, especially those relating to self-identification, and how Black psychologists are necessary to work through these issues. Fr. Hardin speaks about the Martin Center and its work in racial psychology.
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 history of Black settlements throughout Indiana in the early 19th century with a primary focus on Lyles Station in Gibson County. Topics include the Underground Railroad, the Hardiman and Cole families, the 1910 Princeton Brass Band, and the first colored school in Gibson County.
Spaulding, William, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017
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William Spaulding hosts a discussion with Sister Jane Schilling about Center Township in Indianapolis, which has the highest percentage of Black people in the city. Topics include White flight, demographics, Black median income, inflated rent and food costs, unemployment and underemployed, community underserved by agencies, and the difficulties faced by Black people who wish to adopt children.
William Spaulding hosts a discussion with Sister Francesca of Marian College about the history of Black theater, from minstrelsy to the present, with a primary focus on the 20th century. Topics include LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka) in Harlem, the Lafayette Players, Langston Hughes, current TV shows and stereotypes, Melvin Van Peebles, lack of understanding by White critics, response of Black writers, motivations of Black playwrights, and current projects at Marian College on Black theatre.
Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Kenneth Taylor, a student at Saint Meinrad Seminary, about Black theology. They talk about the perception of the Catholic Church in the Black community, proponents of Black theology and liberation theology, role of religion in the Black community and relationship with White community, and the role of clerics as counselors, particularly to those suffering from anger and grief related to police brutality and killings.
Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Terry Bonner, a recent graduate of Manual High School in Indianapolis, about challenges facing Black youth. They talk about high school education often not a good preparation for college, necessity of learning standard English for job placement, lack of education in Black history topics including Civil Rights Movement, and the role of Martin Center’s Afro-American Journal in filling this gap.
Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Terry Bonner, a young Black man from the Martin Center, to gain a perspective on Black youth in Indianapolis. Terry shares his and his peers’ thoughts on going to college, struggles within the classroom, Black English, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Afro-American Journal.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017, Spaulding, William
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Part 19 in the series: The Afro-American in Indiana. Host Rev. Boniface Harden and guests Sr. Jane Schilling and Bill Spaulding discuss laws affecting Black people in the U.S. and Indiana. Topics covered in this episode include Plessy vs. Ferguson of 1896, Brown vs. Board of Education in 1954, a comparison of unwritten laws with written laws, the Scottsboro boys case, contemporary presidents’ attitudes, The Birth of a Nation, stop and frisk laws, the Kerner Report. Also discussed is the lag time in Indianapolis implementing civil rights laws and reforms.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017
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Father Boniface Hardin hosts part two of a discussion with Sister Jane Schilling on Blacks in prison. The hosts discuss the societal “program for failure” that sets Blacks up to fail and the double standard of punishment between Blacks and Whites. Fr. Hardin discusses disadvantages that Blacks experience within the arrest and trial process. The hosts also talk about the glorification of violence in American society and how it can inspire violent behavior.
Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017, Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012
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Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Sister Jane Schilling about the history and treatment of Black soldiers in the United States, including Crispus Attucks and his role in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Civil War, the Indian wars, Buffalo soldiers in WWI, and the Mexican campaign of 1916. They also address the question of whether or not wars ever advance the cause of freedom.
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
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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
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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.
