Indianapolis

Indiana University Indianapolis (formerly IUPUI) is a top-notch urban university that includes Indiana’s premier medical school and one of its great law schools. But much of this campus was built literally on top of a vibrant African American community that was displaced, without its consent or even consideration, in the name of “eminent domain,” the […]

INDIANAPOLIS — Less than 6% of doctors in the U.S. are Black, and experts say it’s impacting public health.  One hospital in Indianapolis is helping Black students learn more about the field. Community Health Network is hosting its second annual Black Men in White Coats event. Students will get their own . . .

A grand jury has indicted two Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers for shooting a Black man who was sleeping in a car parked outside his grandmother’s house September 29, 2023, 5:18 PM ET • 2 min read INDIANAPOLIS — A grand jury has indicted two Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers for shooting a Black man […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — About 550 U.S. active duty troops have begun arriving along the U.S.-Mexico border in the first group of military support ahead of an expected increase of migrants, U.S. defense officials said Tuesday. The movement of troops is part of efforts to beef up security along the southern border as the U.S. prepares […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Southern California man who assaulted police with pepper spray during the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison, federal authorities announced. Jeffrey Scott Brown, 56, of Santa Ana received a sentence of 54 months in federal prison for felony and misdemeanor charges related […]

Two Indianapolis police officers have been indicted by a grand jury in the death of a Black man who died last year after being taken into police custody at his parents’ home, prosecutors said Thursday. The indictment of officers Adam Ahmad and Steven Sanchez comes nearly a year after Herman Whitfield III’s death. His family […]

The National Conference of African American Librarians will not hold its annual convention in Indianapolis this year as planned because of the ongoing controversy with Indianapolis Public Library’s CEO search. The NCAAL XII Planning Committee announced plans Jan. 6 to delay its 12th annual convention, “Culture Keepers XII: Unity in Diversity: Stronger […]

(CNN) — An honorary member of Buckingham Palace has resigned and apologized after a Black charity founder said she was questioned about whether she was really British at a royal reception on Tuesday. The guest, Ngozi Fulani, is the CEO of Sistah Space, an organization that provides specialist services to women of African and Caribbean […]

Joseph John Black, 75 of Indianapolis, passed away Sunday, October 23, 2022, at Franciscan Hospice House. He was born September 11, 1947, in Indianapolis to Alexander and Marie (Preda) Black.Joe graduated from from Decatur Central in 1965 and from Indiana State University in 1970. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy on the […]

(CNN) — The Black Death, the world’s most devastating plague outbreak, killed half of medieval Europe’s population in the space of seven years in the 14th century, shifting the course of human history. But what about the survivors of what remains the single greatest mortality event ever recorded? New research published Wednesday in the journal Nature suggests […]


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