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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.
Bill Spaulding hosts a discussion with Betty Gibson and Pat Dahl about the life of W.E.B. DuBois and how he isn’t very well known within the Black community.
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.
Spaulding, William, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017
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Bill Spaulding hosts a discussion with Sister Jane Schilling about Indiana Supreme Court Decisions in the 19th century that negatively affected Black people.
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.
Spaulding, William, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017
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William Spaulding hosts a discussion with Sister Jane Schilling about various United States Supreme Court and Indiana Supreme Court decisions from the 1850s to the present that have impacted African Americans in Indiana. Topics include suffrage, education, interracial marriage, juries, separate but equal doctrines, lynching, civil rights, and discrimination.
Spaulding, William, Schilling, Jane Edward, 1930-2017, Hill, Anita Louise
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Bill Spaulding hosts this session on the Underground Railroad in Hendricks County, Indiana with Sister Jane and Sister Anita, a graduate student. They discuss the Fugitive Slave Law and the development of the Underground Railroad, as well as the role that the Hendricks County line played as a backup route for the Indianapolis line. Sister Jane and Sister Anita describe the Anti-Slavery league in Indiana and the individuals and homes in Hendricks County that played notable roles in the Underground Railroad.
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.
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.
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.
Video bio of Ken Speck, inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2017;
Ken Speck served as an on-air personality at WIRE-AM in Indianapolis from 1970 to 1985 before moving to KRPM-FM in Seattle, where he helped take the station from No. 42 in the market to No. 1 within five months. During Speck’s time at WIRE-AM, the station received numerous Station of the Year awards. Arbitron ranked Speck No. 1 in his time slot for years. His radio work began in 1955 in Ohio at Kent State University’s WKSU-FM and then WAND-TV, WCMW-FM and WCNS-AM. His early years included working at WCAR-AM in Detroit and as program director at WSLR-AM in Akron, Ohio. There, his station was ranked No. 1 in Billboard Magazine’s radio response rating. Speck’s tireless charity and fundraising work for many groups resulted in numerous awards including the CASPER Award from the Central Indiana Community Service Council.
--Words from the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers
An advertisement for Speedy Muffler King auto repair shops in which a man attempting to sneak out of his home to go golfing without waking up his wife has his plans thwarted when his car makes loud noises that disrupt the entire neighborhood. The man brings his car into an auto repair shop as an offscreen male narrator describes how Speedy Muffler Repair's service makes the customer feel like a "somebody." One of the winners of the 1975 Clio Awards.
The Sample: Surviving an Indiana winter is tough enough but it can seem especially brutal when all the greenery on campus is gone. In this episode of The Sample, take a visit to the Jordan Hall Greenhouse as producer Kat Spence explores what this staple of IU has to offer during the cold Hoosier winter.
The Sample: Lunar New Year is a time to gather with friends and family to wish each other well in the new year. This week, producer Kat Spence sat down with students Kelly Fan and Elise Lee at the Asian Culture Center to find out more about the traditions surrounding this holiday as well as what the holiday means to them and their families.
The Sample: While most of the country celebrates LGBTQ+ Pride in June, Bloomington celebrates in the month of August. In this episode of The Sample, Kat Spence heads to the LGBTQ+ Culture Center to ask the students who call Indiana University and Bloomington home, what Pride means to them.
Readers! Do You Read by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: chriszabriskie.com/reappear/
Artist: chriszabriskie.com/
The Sample: In this episode of The Sample, our student producers come out from behind their microphones and computer screens to introduce themselves. Get acquainted with Kat, Ibby, and James, and learn about everything from astrology to mountaineering in the process.
Video bio of Dean Spencer, inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2007.
Producer: Ruth Hiatt;
Post-Production: DreamVision Media Partners;
Dean Spencer has continued to excel in providing his market with a local emphasis no longer common due to out of town ownerships. He has personally created programs that please his listeners in the Bedford, Indiana, area and is involved in issues that improve the community. In 1975, he designed and built Bedford’s first FM station and 16 years later did the same thing for the town of Mitchell, Indiana.
--Words from the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers
