Conversations in Indiana African American History and Culture: Leslie Etienne

Event Details

Throughout 2023, Freetown Village will host monthly conversations with historians, researchers and educators to discuss topics related to Indiana’s Black heritage.

In May, Leslie Etienne, director of the Africana Studies program at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, will discuss the Dust Bowl Tournament basketball league at Lockefield Gardens—a segregated WPA Black housing community in Indianapolis.

To reserve tickets, click on the RSVP link above. In addition to the in-person program, Freetown Village is offering an online viewing option.

For more information, visit Freetown Village’s website at www.freetown.org, email info@freetownvillage.org, or call 317.631.1870.

This program received support from an INcommon Grant through Indiana Humanities and the Indianapolis Foundation, a CICF affiliate. Additional sponsors include Indiana Landmarks’ Black Heritage Preservation Program, IUPUI’s Africana Studies program and the Association of the Study of African American Life and History’s Joseph Taylor branch.