A fun night for storytellers of every skill level, designed as an after-work event to relax and unwind. Virtual or in person.
Join us for our monthly conversation with historians, researchers, and educators as we discuss topics related to Indiana’s Black heritage.
Our speaker will be Nichelle Hayes, Interim Executive Director, Hurston Wright Foundation.
Event is free but registration is required. Click here to reserve your ticket.
In Person: Doors open at 5:30 p.m. at Indiana Landmarks, 1201 N. Central Avenue, Indianapolis, IN and talk begins at 6:00 p.m.
Online: Livestream will begin at 6:00 p.m.
A fun night for storytellers of every skill level, designed as an after-work event to relax and unwind. Virtual or in person.
A fun night for storytellers of every skill level, designed as an after-work event to relax and unwind. Virtual or in person.
Join us for our monthly conversation with historians, researchers, and educators as we discuss topics related to Indiana’s Black heritage. Our speaker will be local historian, Leon Bates.
At the northwest corner of the intersection of East 16th Street and North Carrollton Avenue stands a story red brick building constructed in the 19th century. From 1881 to 1922, it served as Indianapolis Fire Department Station 9 – the 2nd of Indianapolis’s four Jim Crow fire stations. The history of the men who served here, and those who eventually followed them, is little known, unappreciated, tragic, triumphant, and intriguing.
Event is free but registration is required. Click here to reserve your ticket.
In Person: Doors open at 5:30 p.m. at Indiana Landmarks, 1201 N. Central Avenue, Indianapolis, IN and talk begins at 6:00 p.m.
Online: Livestream will begin at 6:00 p.m.
“Slavery Can Have No Existence in the State of Indiana”:
Black Women, Slavery, and Unfreedom in Indiana 1787-1830
Join us for our monthly conversation with historians, researchers, and educators as we discuss topics related to Indiana’s Black heritage.
Our speaker will be Dr. Jazma Sutton, Assistant Professor of History, Miami of Ohio University.
Event is free but registration is required. Click here to reserve your ticket.
In Person: Doors open at 5:30 p.m. at Indiana Landmarks, 1201 N. Central Avenue, Indianapolis, IN and talk begins at 6:00 p.m.
Online: Livestream will begin at 6:00 p.m.
COME SEE, TASTE, CELEBRATE AND EXPERIENCE FOR YOURSELF HOW BLACK CUISINE ADDS FLAVOR TO AMERICA’S FAVORITE FOODS.
Join us for the 4th annual Juneteenth Foodways Festival that was inspired by an exceptional event. After the 23rd president of the United States took office in 1889, he made some important changes. He modernized the White House with the installation of electricity. He hired the first woman onto his professional administrative staff. And he fired the French chef working in the White House, and invited renowned Black caterer and chef Dolly Johnson to bring All-American cuisine to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Dolly Johnson brought to life through an reenactment in partnership with Freetown Village.
Juneteenth Foodways Festival, made possible through the generosity of Eli Lilly and Company Foundation, features an interactive food experience highlighting the hidden history of diverse Hoosiers from the 1860s-1890s from the perspective of African-Americans. It shares Black foodways contributions to American culture with a focus on Dolly Johnson, the White House Chef hired by President Harrison.
A fun night for storytellers of every skill level, designed as an after-work event to relax and unwind. Virtual or in person.
Join us at Marian University' s Department of History and Global Studies as we present captivating vignettes featuring Freetown Village residents Rev. Samuel P. Strong and Sarah Elizabeth Cuffee, along with Madam C.J. Walker exploring the theme of "African Americans and Labor". Following the performances (30 minutes), stay for a thought-provoking panel discussion and Q & A session with Marian faculty and staff. Don't miss this powerful celebration of history and culture!
February 25th, 7:00 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.
February 26th, 7:00 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.
Join us at Marian University' s Department of History and Global Studies as we present captivating vignettes featuring Freetown Village residents Rev. Samuel P. Strong and Sarah Elizabeth Cuffee, along with Madam C.J. Walker exploring the theme of "African Americans and Labor". Following the performances (30 minutes), stay for a thought-provoking panel discussion and Q & A session with Marian faculty and staff. Don't miss this powerful celebration of history and culture!
February 25th, 7:00 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.
February 26th, 7:00 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.
The Freetown Village Singers will perform at 10:00 a.m.
The Freetown Village Singers will perform for the residents of Westminster Village North.
A fun night for storytellers of every skill level, designed as an after-work event to relax and unwind. Virtual or in person.
The Freetown Village Singers will perform at 1:00 p.m., Room 438 .
The Life and Legacy of Edna Barnes Martin
Join us for our monthly conversation with historians, researchers, and educators as we discuss topics related to Indiana’s Black heritage.
Our speaker will be local historian Anthony Conley, and he will introduce us to the namesake of the Edna Martin Christian Center. Founded in 1941 in a one-room building, the EMCC is now the second largest community center in Indianapolis, and has served thousands of families and residents in the Martindale Brightwood community.
Event is free but registration is required. Click here to reserve your ticket.
In Person: Doors open at 5:30 p.m. at Indiana Landmarks, 1201 N. Central Avenue, Indianapolis, IN and talk begins at 6:00 p.m.
Online: Livestream will begin at 6:00 p.m.
The Black History Preservation Project of Knox County has invited the FV Singers to perform in Vincennes, IN. Join us on February 8th.
A fun night for storytellers of every skill level, designed as an after-work event to relax and unwind. Virtual or in person.
A fun night for storytellers of every skill level, designed as an after-work event to relax and unwind. Virtual or in person.
The Freetown Village Singers have been invited to SPARK Holidays on the Circle. Join us on December 15th from 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Private event.
She Has Done What She Could: The Life and Legacy of Ada Harris
Join our monthly conversation with historians, researchers, and educators as we discuss topics related to Indiana’s Black heritage. Our presenter will be Kisha Tandy, Curator of Social History, Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites.
Educator Ada Harris served the community of Norwood beyond the classroom building a legacy of community uplift and service.
Event is free but registration is required. Click here to reserve your ticket.
In Person: Doors open at 5:30 p.m. at Indiana Landmarks, 1201 N. Central Avenue, Indianapolis, IN and talk begins at 6:00 p.m.
Online: Livestream will begin at 6:00 p.m.
A fun night for storytellers of every skill level, designed as an after-work event to relax and unwind. Virtual or in person.
Join our monthly conversation with historians, researchers, and educators as we discuss topics related to Indiana’s Black heritage. Our presenter will be Eunice Trotter, Director of Black Heritage Preservation Program.
Black heritage communities and their histories are being erased throughout the nation. Indiana is no exception. In this presentation, Eunice will highlight the work that Indiana Landmarks is doing to preserve the history of those communities.
Event is free but registration is required. Click here to reserve your ticket.
In Person: Doors open at 5:30 p.m. at Indiana Landmarks, 1201 N. Central Avenue, Indianapolis, IN and talk begins at 6:00 p.m.
Online: Livestream will begin at 6:00 p.m.
A fun night for storytellers of every skill level, designed as an after-work event to relax and unwind. Virtual or in person.
The Freetown Village Singers will perform at The Wabash Avenue Presbyterian Church.
Freetown Village is one of the many partners for the 26th Annual “Spirit of Freedom,” a celebration of the many thousands of African Americans who fought during the Civil War. These U.S.C.T. (United States Colored Troops) represented one-tenth of the Union Army, a little-known fact of our Civil War history.
During this highly educational event, up to 800 fifth and sixth grade Indianapolis Public School students will rotate between three stages at the American Legion Mall as Civil War reenactors share first-person accounts from their character’s experiences and stories of other important African Americans who had a major impact upon the outcome of the Civil War.
FV ‘residents’ Rev. Strong (who will also serve as Master of Ceremonies) and Sarah Elizabeth Brown Cuffee, a freeborn lady, and seamstress will be featured reenactors. Additional reenactors include Sgt. Andrew Smith of the 55th Mass. Colored Volunteers; Dr. Richard Gatling, Inventor of the Gatling Gun, who will be performing Gatling Gun firing demonstrations; Harriet Tubman, UGRR Agent & Army Spy; President Abraham Lincoln, Civil War President who brought an end to slavery; and Pvt. Stephen King, 28th Indiana Colored Infantry Drummer.
“Spirit of Freedom” is event is FREE and open to the public.
Directions: American Legion Mall, 700 N Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204. Please bring a blanket or folding chair to sit on, and a picnic lunch if desired. “Spirit of Freedom” will be canceled in the event of rain.
MORE INFO & RSVP: contact Pat Payne, paynep@myips.org.
Rev. Strong listening to reenactor President Lincoln speak to students.
The Freetown Village Singers will be the featured performers for St. Mark’s afternoon concert series.
Join our monthly conversation with historians, researchers, and educators as we discuss topics related to Indiana’s Black heritage. Our presenter will be historian Anthony Conley.
Robert and Helen Lynd's groundbreaking sociological study of post-World War I American society, Middletown: A Study in American Culture (1929), firmly affixed Muncie, Indiana, among the most researched mid-sized urban areas in the United States. Their study depicted a Black population completely shut out of local politics.
This marginalized status finally began to change in 1971, when Reverend James C. Williams, pastor-activist of Muncie's Trinity United Methodist Church, launched a campaign that made the first serious African-American candidate for Mayor in the city's history. Running on the "Poor People's Party" platform, Rev. Williams' grassroots, multiracial, church-based campaign introduced numerous working-class residents to political activism in "Middletown, America."
Event is free but registration is required. Click here to reserve your ticket.
In Person: Doors open at 5:30 p.m. at Indiana Landmarks, 1201 N. Central Avenue, Indianapolis, IN and talk begins at 6:00 p.m.
Online: Livestream will begin at 6:00 p.m.
A fun night for storytellers of every skill level, designed as an after-work event to relax and unwind. Virtual or in person.
Beginning in the mid 19th century, the Women's Suffrage Movement battled for women to gain their rights at the ballot box. Victory came through with the ratification of the 19th Amendment of the United States Constitution in August of 1920.
On November 2, 1920, Gwendolyn Harris - a school teacher - would vote for the first time, as the third generation of women in her family who fought for this very moment. Hear Gwendolyn's journey on getting to the historic day when all women were given the right to vote and the joy it brought her to cast her ballot.
Celebrate with us the passing of the 19th Amendment with this one-woman play. Individual and group tickets available.
Friday, September 13, 2024 (2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.)
Saturday, September 14, 2024 (2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.)
Sunday, September 15, 2024 (4:00 p.m.)
Beginning in the mid 19th century, the Women's Suffrage Movement battled for women to gain their rights at the ballot box. Victory came through with the ratification of the 19th Amendment of the United States Constitution in August of 1920.
On November 2, 1920, Gwendolyn Harris - a school teacher - would vote for the first time, as the third generation of women in her family who fought for this very moment. Hear Gwendolyn's journey on getting to the historic day when all women were given the right to vote and the joy it brought her to cast her ballot.
Celebrate with us the passing of the 19th Amendment with this one-woman play. Individual and group tickets available.
Friday, September 13, 2024 (2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.)
Saturday, September 14, 2024 (2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.)
Sunday, September 15, 2024 (4:00 p.m.)
Beginning in the mid 19th century, the Women's Suffrage Movement battled for women to gain their rights at the ballot box. Victory came through with the ratification of the 19th Amendment of the United States Constitution in August of 1920.
On November 2, 1920, Gwendolyn Harris - a school teacher - would vote for the first time, as the third generation of women in her family who fought for this very moment. Hear Gwendolyn's journey on getting to the historic day when all women were given the right to vote and the joy it brought her to cast her ballot.
Celebrate with us the passing of the 19th Amendment with this one-woman play. Individual and group tickets available.
Friday, September 13, 2024 (2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.)
Saturday, September 14, 2024 (2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.)
Sunday, September 15, 2024 (4:00 p.m.)
Beginning in the mid 19th century, the Women's Suffrage Movement battled for women to gain their rights at the ballot box. Victory came through with the ratification of the 19th Amendment of the United States Constitution in August of 1920.
On November 2, 1920, Gwendolyn Harris - a school teacher - would vote for the first time, as the third generation of women in her family who fought for this very moment. Hear Gwendolyn's journey on getting to the historic day when all women were given the right to vote and the joy it brought her to cast her ballot.
Celebrate with us the passing of the 19th Amendment with this one-woman play. Individual and group tickets available.
Friday, September 13, 2024 (2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.)
Saturday, September 14, 2024 (2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.)
Sunday, September 15, 2024 (4:00 p.m.)
Beginning in the mid 19th century, the Women's Suffrage Movement battled for women to gain their rights at the ballot box. Victory came through with the ratification of the 19th Amendment of the United States Constitution in August of 1920.
On November 2, 1920, Gwendolyn Harris - a school teacher - would vote for the first time, as the third generation of women in her family who fought for this very moment. Hear Gwendolyn's journey on getting to the historic day when all women were given the right to vote and the joy it brought her to cast her ballot.
Celebrate with us the passing of the 19th Amendment with this one-woman play. Individual and group tickets available.
Friday, September 13, 2024 (2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.)
Saturday, September 14, 2024 (2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.)
Sunday, September 15, 2024 (4:00 p.m.)
The Freetown Village Singers have been invited to perform at the annual “Library on the Prairie” festival.
A fun night for storytellers of every skill level, designed as an after-work event to relax and unwind. Virtual or in person.
