Conversations in Indiana African American History and Culture
Historians, researchers, and educators share their knowledge of Indiana’s Black heritage.
Select Thursdays
6 p.m. EDT
Indiana Landmarks Center, 1201 Central Ave., Indianapolis and Online
In this recurring series presented by Freetown Village, historians, researchers, and educators discuss topics related to Indiana’s Black heritage, followed by question-and-answer sessions. Sponsored by Indiana Landmarks’ Black Heritage Preservation Program, Indiana Humanities, IUPUI Africana Studies, and Association of the Study of African American Life and History Joseph Taylor Branch.
View all upcoming Freetown Village events at freetown.org/new-events.
May 16, 2024
6 p.m. EDT (Doors open at 5:30 p.m.)
Indiana Landmarks Center, 1201 Central Ave., Indianapolis and Online
Race and Religion in the Heartland
Joseph L. Tucker Edmonds, PhD., Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Religious Studies at Indiana University’s School of Liberal Arts (IUPUI) and the Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture (CSRAAC), presents “Race and Religion in the Heartland.”
The talk will explore the role Black religious institutions, particularly the Black church, played in disrupting the idea of Indiana as solely a frontier for whiteness and racial exclusion. Rather, the Black church and other Black religious institutions imagined and created new frontiers for Black belonging, resistance, and agency. This talk will explore the founding moments of critical Black religious institutions in the 19th century and their methods of challenging white supremacy and engaging Black communities on and in-between Sundays throughout the twentieth century.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. at Indiana Landmarks Center and talk begins at 6 p.m. in person and online. Free with RSVP. Learn more and register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/conversations-in-indiana-african-american-history-culture-5162024-tickets-863226552857.
June 20, 2024
6 p.m. EDT (Doors open at 5:30 p.m.)
Indiana Landmarks Center, 1201 Central Ave., Indianapolis and Online
Details to come.