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ID	72640
Title of Article	Juneteenth event to highlight Black-owned businesses
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Juneteenth Celebration 2019
Date	Jun 17, 2021
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Juneteenth, Black History, Small Business

ID	67011
Title of Article	Local experts urge better understanding of race
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Nekeisha Alayna Alexis
Date	February 28, 2020
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Race Relations, Community Relations, Black History Month

ID	66985
Title of Article	NAACP looks back
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Jimtown and Elkhart essay contest winners; Culture of Elkhart Choir members; Ron Davis
Date	February 24, 2020
Page	A1, A7
Subjects	Elkhart County NAACP, Black History, Black History Month

ID	66451
Title of Article	Panel recalls 'lost' Elkhart community
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Clara Hadley, Benjamin Tapper, Rev. Jean Mayes, and Dr. Plez Lovelady
Date	January 21, 2020
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Black History

ID	66427
Title of Article	Event to explore African American experiences of exclusion in Elkhart
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Benjamin J. Tapper; Rev. Jean Mayes; Jean Robinson
Date	January 15, 2020
Page	A5
Subjects	Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Black History

ID	65131
Title of Article	Safe Travels
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Houses; Old city directory; Fire insurance map; Elmira Batts' grave
Date	February 17, 2019
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Elkhart County Heritage Trail, Black History

ID	63425
Title of Article	Tolson honors black women in community
Notes	Elkhart County Black History Month Presentation
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Black History Month Sheroes; Anita Williams speaks to Honored Sheroes; Tonda Hines speaks to Honored Sheroes
Date	February 26, 2018
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	Tolson Center

ID	61082
Title of Article	Contractors fined for stealing Elkhart's water
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Date	December 8, 2016
Page	A1, A8
Subjects	Elkhart Black History Museum, Water and Sewer Utilities, Ancon Construction

ID	59583
Title of Article	Black History Month
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Step Kings; Rajiah Sims and Miyami Mitchell; Ron 'Deacon' Davis
Date	March 2, 2016
Page	C1
Subjects	Black History Month

ID	59553
Title of Article	Mayor Neese honors one of the 13 original Freedom Riders
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Charles Person
Date	February 25, 2016
Page	A3
Subjects	African-Americans, Racism, Black History Month, Neese, Tim (Mayor)

ID	59533
Title of Article	Freedom Rider to share his story
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Charles Person
Date	February 23, 2016
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	African-Americans, Racism, Black History Month

ID	59517
Title of Article	History shapes the future: Local African-American leaders reflect on value of Black History Month
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Tolson Steppers perform; Tonda Hines and JeNeva Adams
Date	February 19, 2016
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	Black History Month, Tolson Center

ID	59504
Title of Article	'Soul Food' reveals personal backgrounds of black leaders
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Ron Davis, Jeremy Everett and Arvis Dawson
Date	February 17, 2016
Page	A3
Subjects	Ivy Tech Community College, Goshen, Black History Month

ID	51492
Title of Article	Tolson Center celebrates Black History Month
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm â€“ Reference Desk
Date	February 27, 2013
Page	C1
Subjects	Black History Month, Tolson Center

ID	7485
Title of Article	History replay
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photos
Date	February 17, 2004
Page	A3
Subjects	Black History, Carpenter, Bertha, Coleman, Larry, Tolson Center

ID	3734
Title of Article	Living History
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Picture Caption	Photo of Pyles
Date	February 19, 2003
Page	A1
Subjects	Pyles, James W., Black History

ID	55737
Title of Article	Black history quilt headed for special museum
Source	Senior Life
Location	Elkhart City History File
Picture Caption	Annie Wenger, Katia Boykin and Sandra Turner
Date	March 13, 2001
History #	1730
Page	4
Subjects	Black History Month, Elkhart Black Expo

ID	3918
Title of Article	Area pioneers
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	February 22, 2000
Page	A10
Subjects	African-Americans, Black History Month, Barnes, Ben E.

ID	10976
Title of Article	Forgotten history to be shared with young
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	February 3, 2000
Page	A1, A9
Subjects	Black History

ID	18970
Title of Article	New Black History Month exhibit at museum.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	March 7, 1998
Page	A6
Subjects	Elkhart County Historical Society, Elkhart County Historical Museum

ID	3678
Title of Article	Hadley focus: Elkhart County black history
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	February 9, 1996
Page	B5
Subjects	African-Americans

ID	12031
Title of Article	Hadley focus: Elkhart County black history
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	February 9, 1996
Page	B5
Subjects	Hadley, Theodis, Black History

ID	39027
Title of Article	Indiana's 28th Regiment: Black soldiers for the Union
Notes	The Indiana Historian
Source	Other
Location	Indiana History File
Picture Caption	drawings
Date	January 1, 1994
History #	17b
Subjects	Civil War, War, African-Americans, Black History

ID	10978
Title of Article	Was erected on Main Street in the summer of 1888
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	October 8, 1988
Page	3
Subjects	Black History Museum, Blackburn, M.R.

ID	32044
Title of Article	Urban League to help write Black History of county
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	March 20, 1974
Subjects	Elkhart Urban League

ID	35733
Title of Article	Bi-racial culture center organized - Sankore Inc.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of DeVon Goodrich, Robert Rudinski & Thurlow G. Harper Jr.
Date	March 23, 1970
Subjects	Sankore, Inc., Black History

ID	80793
Title of Article	Ralph Bean
Notes	https://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/isl4/id/2960/rec/1
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart Truth Collection
Picture Caption	Ralph Bean, 3/6/1979
Date	No date given
History #	epl_truth_photograph_933
Subjects	Bean, Ralph, Black History

ID	46406
Title of Article	Black Students at EHS
Notes	ELK 373 S852 (includes first African-American student to graduate EHS)
Source	Non-fiction Collection
Location	Elkhart Collection
Date	1872-1972
Page	68
Subjects	Elkhart High School, Elkhart Central High School, African-Americans, Black History