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.

Kathleen Ann Diehl

Education, Oral History

Kathleen Diehl, in her life story about her career as a public librarian, describes the expanding role of libraries and literacy.

Albert Leslie Coleman

Careers, Culture, Family, Indiana, Performing Arts

Albert Colemen, a drummer like his father, reflects on playing Jazz all over the world with many of Indy’s best musicians.

Martha Annexton Karatz

Education, Travel

After graduating from Northwestern with a teaching degree and working in England for a while Martha Karatz moved to Paris. There she landed a luxurious job as a private teacher for a wealthy family in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower. But how long could this last…?

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