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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 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.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017, Johnson, Paul, Hill, Anita Louise
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Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with a panel of guests including Sister Jane, Sister Anita and Paul Johnson on the Black man in Indiana’s perspective on Africa. They begin by discussing misconceptions of savage Africa and talk about rejecting one’s African ancestry. They discuss pan-Africanism, tracing one’s ancestry, and knowledge about African customs and locations.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Johnson, Paul, Hill, Anita Louise, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017
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Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with a panel of guests including Sister Jane, Sister Anita, and Paul Johnson on the Black man in Indiana’s perspective on Africa. They begin by discussing misconceptions of savage Africa and talk about rejecting one’s African ancestry. They discuss pan-Africanism, tracing one’s ancestry, and knowledge about African customs and locations.
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.
Bill Spaulding hosts a discussion with Mike Garrett and Jack Smith, members of a class at Martin Center, who relate what they have learned about Black history in Indiana and their frustrations in finding resources about important Black men in the state. Also joining the program is Calvin Mitchell, who discusses the history of the Union for Black Identity (UBI), at Marian College in Indianapolis.
Spaulding, William, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017
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William Spaulding and Sister Jane Schilling discuss the ratification of the 15th Amendment in Indiana and the history of Black voter suppression. Topics include the Ku Klux Klan, role of both the Republican and Democratic parties, enslavers among Indiana legislators, the Black vote and election of FDR, and special elections protested as illegal.
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 Martin Center Institute of Afro-American Studies’ initiatives including programming and publications, exhibits, workshops, promotion of the Black family, leadership training and education.
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.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017, Johnson, Paul
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Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Sister Jane Schilling and Paul Johnson about the history of the Indiana from the pre-territorial era through statehood, with a focus on the history of slavery. Topics include early French and Jesuit slaveholders, Church justifications for slavery, Black involvement in Revolutionary War, Little Africa near Paoli, Northwest Territory Ordinance of 1787 that allowed capture of fugitive slaves, slaveholding governors William Henry Harrison and Thomas Posey, relationship of American Indians and Black people, and black codes embodied in new state Constitution.
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, Johnson, Paul
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Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Sister Jane Schilling and Paul Johnson about the history of the Black man in Indiana, why the topic should be of interest, the need for new interpretive work done by Black people, and the role of the Martin Center in the dissemination of information.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017, Johnson, Paul
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Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Sister Jane Schilling and Paul Johnson about the recent Christmas program presented by the Martin Center. Topics include efforts to help Black children identify with Christmas including Black Santa Claus and puppet show, as well as the commitment of the Martin Center’s Institute for African American Studies to the Black family.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017, Johnson, Paul
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Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Sister Jane Schilling and Paul Johnson about the history of slavery and discrimination in Indiana, with an emphasis on specific laws. Topics include Indiana territory laws that violated those of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787; the regulation of bonds, punishments and boundaries for the enslaved; attitudes incorporated into the new state Constitution such as exclusion from voting rights and military eligibility; revised Constitution of 1851, Article 13 that excluded Black people from settling in Indiana; sundown laws; how the 1969 Stop and Frisk Law was unevenly applied to Black people; and how to move from oppression to reconciliation.
Gardner, Mynelle., Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017
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Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Sister Jane Schilling and Mynelle Gardner about the effects of television on Black children given the way current programs portray Black families. Topics include the ways TV violence and focus on ghetto environments shapes children’s self-perception and actions, importance of parental oversight, effects on White children and community through perpetuation of stereotypes, and the exclusion of coverage of Black contributions.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017, Johnson, Paul
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Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Sister Jane Schilling and Paul Johnson about the history of the Indiana Territory, with a focus on slavery. Topics include Northwest Territory laws, Indian treaties, attitudes of Abraham Lincoln and William Henry Harrison, and the state population at the time which included slaveholders from Virginia, free and enslaved Black people, American Indians and Quakers.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017
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Father Boniface Hardin and Sister Jane Schilling discuss the publication of the first issue of the Afro-American Journal published by the Martin Center, the history of Black newspapers in Indianapolis, the rationale for starting a new journal, an overview of the journal’s focus on Black history and topics of forthcoming articles.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017
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Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Sister Jane Schilling about interracial marriage, its history, and how it has affected Black people in the State of Indiana. Topics include miscegenation during slavery, the Barkshire vs. IN case in 1854, efforts to prohibit and penalize interracial marriage between a White person and another person who was at least 1/8 Black, and the 1965 change to Indiana laws that finally allowed interracial marriage.
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.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017
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Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Sister Jane Schilling about education and the Black child, including the importance of learning from Black people about language, culture, and history. Other topics include corporal punishment and teachers’ cultural deficits, programmed failure, curriculum and culturally biased tests, low expectations, recommendations for curricular change, and a call for Black people to create their own educational system.
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.
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 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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Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Sister Jane Schilling about the role of religion in African American communities. Topics include the historic role of Christianity in slavery and the oppression of Black people, Frederick Douglass’s condemnation of mainstream Christians, Fr. Hardin’s experience as a Black seminarian, different forms of Christianity available to White and Black people, interest in Islam, interpreting St. Paul, failure of Church and America to deal with racism, how to reverse these issues through an examination of the past and acting justly, and thoughts on the reconciliation of Black and White Christians.
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 concept of racism and its ramifications. Topics include the distinction between intra-racism and inter-racism, differences between Black and White inter-racism, White people holding power to oppress, addressing racism and stereotypes through self-examination, the concept of institutional racism, the need for Americans to reconcile within and across racial lines, and the role of the Martin Center.
In the first of the 4-part series, Reflections in Black, Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Sister Anita Louise Hill (St. Louis University), Marie Michael (student at Cardinal Ritter High School), Sister Marguerite Wiley (Sisters of St. Joseph of Tipton, IN), and Marsha Hutchins (teacher at Indianapolis School 110) about the life and work of Frederick Douglass. Topics include the Douglass-Garrison debate and Douglass’s Fourth of July speech, selections from other speeches, the application of his work to current problems such as school segregation and women’s rights, his anti-slavery newspaper The North Star, and the poem “Frederick Douglass” by Robert Hayden.
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 Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and the law’s effects on Indiana. Topics include a brief history of fugitive slave laws and the Dred Scott decision, efforts to resist enforcement of the law, role of slaveholder and Indiana Senator Jesse Bright in supporting law, influence of media, and Neil’s Creek Anti-Slavery 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 the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and the law’s effects on Indiana. Topics include newspaper accounts of reactions of Indiana citizens to law, the Freeman Case of 1853, ways of discouraging slavecatchers from working in Indiana, and conflicted attitudes in Indiana about slavery.
Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017, Stuart, Beverly
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Sister Jane hosts a discussion with Beverly Stuart, Assistant Director of Community Relations at the Indianapolis Sickle Cell Center, on Sickle Cell Anemia. The hosts explain the disease and its symptoms and discuss its high rates among the Black community. The session addresses misinformation regarding the disease and Beverly educates listeners on the mission and programming of the Indianapolis Sickle Cell Center.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017
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Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Sister Jane Schilling on laws affecting the Indiana territory. The hosts discuss the Northwest Ordinance and the disregard of its anti-slavery clause. Fr. Hardin reads excerpts from laws of this early territory that discriminate against Black and Native American servants and slaves. The hosts discuss the dehumanization of Blacks, historically and currently, and the challenges of teaching this history in the school system.
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, Shilling, Rosalie
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Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Sister Jane and her mother, Mrs. Rosalie Shilling. Mrs. Shilling begins by talking about her work with girls of different ethnicities in a foster home. The hosts then discuss negative portrayals of Blacks in film and ask Mrs. Shilling for her opinion. She speaks on the impact of those films, how to discuss Black history with children, and how to handle racial difference in education and work.
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 ratification of the 15th Amendment in Indiana. Sister Jane describes the Amendment and the then-Governor's stance on its ratification. Fr. Hardin describes the rationale behind the Amendment’s opposition as well as the many attempts made to delay its ratification by state legislators. Sister Jane discusses the final vote on the Amendment and how the low attendance at this vote has led to current controversy over the Amendment’s validity 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.
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.
Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Bill Spaulding on the Black man. The hosts discuss the Black man’s self-identity and role as an example for younger Black boys. They discuss Black men in media and the positive and negative portrayals that are impacting Black children.
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.
Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with guest Donna Pinkney on sex roles and racism. The hosts begin by discussing slavery era relationships between Black men, Black women, white men, and white women. They indicate how these complex and interconnected relationships impact current sexual and economic relationships between the groups. They also touch on Black family structures and interracial marriage.
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 myth of the Emancipation Proclamation. The hosts read statements on the proclamation from Indiana’s Governor at the time it was released, as well as from numerous Indiana historians throughout the 20th century. They address the omission of the proclamation from historical texts and the ineffectiveness of the proclamation itself despite its reputation.
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
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Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Sister Jane Schilling about the educational system in American that is built on a European model and views Black children as inherently inferior. They discuss how the average teacher’s deficit in cultural knowledge leads to lack of communication and discipline problems, and these racial mindsets cause psychological damage to children. Though many alternative, Afrocentric schools have been founded in urban areas, they generally causes fear in the White community which leads to a lack of funding.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017
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Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Sister Jane Schilling on nation-building inspired by the country’s bicentennial. The hosts begin by discussing the corrupt foundation of the nation and oppressive contradictions built into the Constitution. They then discuss how to move forward from this foundation, which they call nation-building, and identify areas that need specific attention (the educational system, prisons, etc.).
Hooks, Benjamin L. (Benjamin Lawson), 1925-2010, Young, Andrew, 1932-
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The first half of this recording is a speech by Benjamin L. Hooks, executive director of the NAACP, on July 4, 1978 during the organization's 69th annual convention. Hook speaks on the current leadership of the NAACP and the framing of the Constitution. He addresses the frustration of Black youths, as well as the attitudes of some well-off Blacks. He shares stories of his own frustrations relating to race and his career but ends by asserting his faith in eventual justice.
The second half of the recording is a speech by Congressman Andrew Young on July 5, 1978 about the work of the NAACP in improving the nation. He stresses the importance of behind-the-scenes work in the advancement of Blacks, focusing specifically on the role of young Blacks in politics. He emphasizes unity and hard work, discussing cynicism on behalf of some Black Americans.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017
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Father Boniface Hardin and Sister Jane Schilling host this session and tell the story of the kidnapping of Horace Bell, the son of a New Albany, Indiana family that was active in the underground railroad. His kidnap by Kentucky officials in 1858 sparked discussions of state rights and the possibility of a civil war. As an aside to the discussion of communication between the two states, Father Hardin speaks on communication, language, and symbols within the black community.
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.”
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017, Hudnut, William H., III, 1932-2016
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Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Sister Jane Schilling and Mayor Bill Hudnut III of Indianapolis. Mayor Hudnut discusses his background as a clergyman in the Presbyterian Church and how that has influenced his political career. Fr. Hardin and Sister Jane ask Mayor Hudnut questions about his relationship with the Black community in the city, ghettos and neighborhood revitalization, and job programs for Indianapolis residents.
Father Boniface Hardin hosts a discussion with Mrs. Mynelle Gardner, who previously served as coordinator of Black Affairs at the Martin Center, about her thoughts on Black women and the Women’s Liberation Movement. Gardner believes the movement does not speak to Black women, and goes on to discuss the relationship between Black men and Black women, the need to create a balance between homemakers and careers, the role of education, the role of a Black woman at the Democratic Convention, White society using Black women and not elevating Black men, mutuality in marriage and the sharing of domestic chores, and the future of Black women and their ability to reach their goals.
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.
Sister Jane Schilling narrates a brief history of labor in the United States from the founding of the country to post-WWII. She describes the struggles of different groups, including African Americans, Chinese immigrants, and Mexican-American migrant workers. She describes the violent outcomes of unionizing and striking, as well as the development of labor laws in the US.
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.