Curious Conversations Speaker Series: James H. Madison
Hosted by Conner PrairieJoin Conner Prairie for a talk about how Hoosiers resisted the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana in the 1920s.
Event Details
Conner Prairie invites you to tune in as it hosts Curious Conversations, a series of talks by experts on Indiana history, covering topics in the areas of natural science, history, folklore, and civics.
July’s program features Dr. James H. Madison, who will discuss Hoosiers’ resistance to the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s. The talk is offered in partnership with other local organizations as part of a series of events exploring the centennial of the 1925 trial of D.C. Stephenson, grand dragon of the Indiana Klan. The talk takes place at the Hamilton County courthouse in Noblesville, where Stephenson was tried and convicted of second-degree murder for the death of Madge Oberholtzer.
Madison is the Thomas and Kathryn Miller professor emeritus of history at Indiana University Bloomington, where he taught for four decades. His books include Eli Lilly: A Life; Slinging Doughnuts for the Boys: An American Woman in World War II; Hoosiers: A New History of Indiana; A Lynching in the Heartland: Race and Memory in America; and most recently The Ku Klux Klan in the Heartland. Madison has spoken to dozens of public audiences across the state. He is the recipient of the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Lifetime Author Achievement Award and the Indiana Historical Society’s Living Legends Award.
To register for the talk, click on the RSVP link above.
For more information about Curious Conversations, visit Conner Prairie’s website or call 317.776.6000.
This program received support from an Indiana Humanities Action Grant.