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Attucks: The School That Opened a City
September 22, 2016
Built while the Ku Klux Klan ran Indiana, Crispus Attucks High School was designed to fail. Instead, for more than 40 years, the students who came of age within the brick walls of Attucks overcame a system designed to belittle them. Over time, their successes and the grace that accompanied them became a grassroots agent for integration, winning over younger generations of Indy’s white population.
Clips and Previews
Crispus Attucks Producer Profile
August 11, 2016
Get to know Ted Green, the producer of "Attucks: The School That Opened a City."
Harry Brooks - It's my foundation'
April 21, 2016
Harry Brooks, the first African-American General from Indiana, talks about what Crispus Attucks...
Colin Powell - A mentor from Attucks
April 21, 2016
Former Secretary of State, and four-star general, Colin Powell talks about the importance of...
A'Lelia Bundles - What Attucks did for students
April 21, 2016
A'Lelia Bundles, national spokeswoman and great great-granddaughter of Madame C.J. Walker,...
Janet Langhart Cohen - Poverty
April 21, 2016
Author, playwright and national spokeswoman Janet Langhart-Cohen talks about the poverty in...
James Madison - Being held down
April 21, 2016
Indiana University History Professor James Madison on how much African-Americans were held...
Harry Brooks - Giving the opportunity
April 20, 2016
Harry Brooks, the first African-American General from Indiana, talks about how his Crispus...
A'Lelia Bundles - The need to do more for minority students
April 20, 2016
A'Lelia Bundles, national spokeswoman and great great-granddaughter of Madame C.J. Walker,...
Janet Langhart Cohen - Identity, culture and love
April 20, 2016
Author, playwright and national spokeswoman Janet Langhart-Cohen reflects on what she would...
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