Join our monthly conversation with historians, researchers, and educators as we discuss topics related to Indiana’s Black heritage.

This month, Leon Bates, urban historian, will discuss Early Black Indiana and the lynching of John Tucker. Most people think of lynching as a problem of the old confederate south. However, on July 4, 1845, at two in the afternoon, an unarmed freeman of color was bludgeoned to death in Indianapolis at the intersection of N. Illinois Street and W. Washington Streets – as more than 100 people watched the violence unfold. 

Sponsored by Indiana Landmarks’ Black Heritage Preservation Program, Indiana Humanities, IUPUI Africana Studies Program, and ASALH Joseph Taylor Branch (Association of the Study of African American Life and History).

Event is free but registration is required. Click here to reserve your ticket.

• In Person: Doors open at 5:30 p.m. at IUPUI Africana Studies @ the Madam Walker Legacy Center and talk begins at 6:00 p.m.

• Online: Livestream will begin at 6:00 p.m.