Celestine Bloomfield

African American, Childhood, Civil Rights, Indiana

Celestine Bloomfield talks about her early love of reading and the realization that school integration in Gary, Indiana was not working well for African Americans

Joseph McDonald

Childhood, Oral History

Joe McDonald talks about learning to ride a horse and eating most meals in the resort restaurant while living in Clifty Falls Park during his childhood in the 1940s.

Ophelia Wellington

African American, Culture, Education, Indianapolis, Oral History, Performing Arts

Ophelia Wellington talks about creating Freetown Village as a new, innovative way for people to learn about self-reliant African American communities in Indiana through interactive theatre.

Nichole Leigh Markle

Childhood, Education, Rural Life

Nicole Markle tells of her love of dance and how her mother struggled to pay for the education that would lead away from rural Virginia to a much bigger world.

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