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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 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
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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 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
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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.
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.
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.
A discussion between unidentified host (William Spaulding?) and William Chaney, Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana. Chaney describes the history and naming of the Klan, its current activities and political involvement, and its connections to Indiana. William also describes the racial ideology of the Klan and his opinion on Zionism.
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.
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.
Hardin, Boniface, 1933-2012, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017
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In session 34 of the Afro-American in Indiana, host Rev. Boniface Hardin and featured guest Sister Jane Schilling discuss the Declaration of Independence in relation to African Americans in Indiana. Topics covered in this program focus on the condition of Black slaves in Indiana during the late 1700s, Black people in Vincennes, Fort Wayne and other cities welcoming the Northwest Ordinance, varying responses to history of Black people by African Americans, reactions to the Declaration of Independence and Northwest Ordinance, the Declaration of Independence as an example of difference between statements and everyday practice, Frederick Douglass’ 1852 speech on Fourth of July as an occasion for mourning to slaves, the importance and meaning of the Fourth of July, laws about registration, travel, and other actions similar to laws in south and laws about Indians. Major figures discussed include Governor William Henry Harrison, Roger Taney, and President Abraham Lincoln.