Rodney Layman Reid

African American, Childhood, Civil Rights, Indiana, Oral History

1968 was a definitive time for Rodney Reid. He started high school at the beginning of the mandate for desegregation. Rodney helped to found the Human Relations Council which brought a better balance to student government.

Joe Mack Huston

Childhood, Religion

During his childhood in the fifties when the topics of religion and sex were far more sensitive, Mack describes his experience with different churches.

Joan & Daniel Chapman

Family, Oral History

Mother and son, Joan and Daniel Chapman, share the telling of how their ancestor John Johnson came to Indiana and in 1821 witnessed an historic decision at Conner Prairie.