Kathleen Ann Diehl

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

Letha &Tisha Pletcher

Childhood, Oral History, Rural Life

Letha Pletcher tells her granddaughter Tisha about living near the railroad in Pierceton, Indiana during the 1930’s; playing in grain elevators, air that smelled of peppermint, and feeding the hungry.

Gwendolyn Julia (Judy) Kelley

African American, Civil Rights, Indianapolis, Values

Gwendolyn Kelley tells about seeing the change in Indianapolis during the civil rights movement and the legacy of her poem about Martin Luther King Jr., “The Dream In You.”

Stephanie Jean Edwards

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

Stephanie Edwards felt Isolated and controlled while attending a minimally integrated school in Irvington. After leaving Indianapolis for college, she discovered a new view of the world and other African Americans who were active in the civil rights movement.

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