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Henry J. Richardson Jr.

Henry J. Richardson Jr.

(June 21, 1902-Dec. 5, 1983). Born in Huntsville, Alabama, Richardson came to Indianapolis in his teens to study at ,… Read More »Henry J. Richardson Jr.

Robert F. Kennedy Speech

Robert F. Kennedy Speech

On the evening of April 4, 1968, as more than a hundred cities erupted in violence following the murder of… Read More »Robert F. Kennedy Speech

Whitcomb v. Chavis

In 1971 the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a 1969 U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals decision that had declared that… Read More »Whitcomb v. Chavis

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