During the Progressive Era, Black women were often excluded from both white reform initiatives and male-dominated Black organizations. In response, Black women across the nation formed local clubs …

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05.12.2024

Indiana’s “Pot of Gold” – The Indiana History Blog

Though you won’t become a millionaire panning for gold in Indiana, today’s recreational gold hunters have a lot of fun sloshing around Hoosier creeks in search of the shiny metal that l…

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19.12.2024

“Herman Billik Must Die”: Whiting’s Own Palm Reader, Hypnotist, and . . . Murderer? – The Indiana History Blog

At the turn of the twentieth century, the man who called himself Herman Billik (also Billick) was “plying his trade as a charmer, palm reader and hypnotist in Whiting,” according to th…

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20.12.2024

Lincoln School: “Laying Before the Body Our Grievance” – The Indiana History Blog

In addition to the struggles of daily life, Black Americans had to wage an often losing battle to secure suitable education for their children. They had historically been deprived of that which aff…

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“An Equal Chance:” Ada B. Harris, Norwood, and the Black Progressive Movement Part II – The Indiana History Blog

Indiana’s “Pot of Gold” – The Indiana History Blog

“Herman Billik Must Die”: Whiting’s Own Palm Reader, Hypnotist, and . . . Murderer? – The Indiana History Blog

Lincoln School: “Laying Before the Body Our Grievance” – The Indiana History Blog

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