Indiana University Press
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Indiana University Press has published valuable work by authors writing about the African American Community in Indiana. An open access collection of selected chapters can be found at the IUScholarWorks open repository collection - The African American Community in Indiana.
Evans, M. (1989). Ethos and creativity: The impulse as malleable. In Hoppe, D. (Ed). Where we live: Essays about Indiana. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
An essay by Mari Evans, one of the founders of the Black Arts movement, about the housing displacement of the Black community in Indianapolis.
Bigham, D. E. (1987). We ask only a fair trial: A history of the Black community of Evansville, Indiana. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. (Chapter 7, Population and Housing, 1900-1930)
This chapter explores the various economic and political forces shaping the lives of the Black community in Evansville, Indiana including mob violence, residential race clustering, and failed low-income housing initiatives.
Thornbrough, E. Lou. (1993). The Negro in Indiana before 1900: A study of a minority. 1st Indiana University Press ed. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. (Chapter 3: Exclusion & Colonization Movements)
This chapter covers legislation, policies, and judicial action in Indiana to discourage the immigration of formerly enslaved persons to the state, along with support for the African American community by various individuals.