African American Media African Americans have had a significant presence in Indianapolis news reporting for more than a century in print, broadcast, and digital media. Newspapers and Print Media African American involvement in… Read More »African American Media
American Nonconformist Published in Winfield, Kansas, from 1879, the American Nonconformist, a People’s (Populist) Party newspaper, moved in June 1892 to Indianapolis under the ownership of the Vincent Brothers Publishing Company. The… Read More »American Nonconformist
The Art Assignment Hosted by Sarah Urist Green, a former curator of contemporary art at the Indianapolis Museum Of Art, directed by Mark Olsen, and edited by Brandon Brungard, The Art Assignment was… Read More »The Art Assignment
Robert Bruce Bagby (Sept. 3, 1846-Jan. 24, 1903). Robert Bruce Bagby was born in Virginia to formerly enslaved parents who had purchased their freedom. In 1857, he moved with his mother, father, and… Read More »Robert Bruce Bagby
Bass Photo Collection The largest surviving collection of photographs of 20th-century Indianapolis, the W. H. Bass Photo Company, commonly known as Bass Photo, traces its beginnings to 1897 with the establishment of the… Read More »Bass Photo Collection
Joseph Jenkins Bingham (Jan. 6, 1815-Jan. 12, 1896). Born in New York City, Bingham migrated to the Midwest where he engaged in a wide variety of occupations. After serving as editor of the… Read More »Joseph Jenkins Bingham
Bob & Tom Show The Bob & Tom Show originated in Petoskey, Michigan, in the early 1980s when DJ Bob Kevoian brought on Tom Griswold as his newsman sidekick. The duo launched their eponymous… Read More »Bob & Tom Show
Nathaniel Bolton (July 25, 1803-Nov. 26, 1858). Born in Chillicothe, Ohio, Bolton came to Indiana in 1820 when George Smith, his stepfather, established a print shop in Jeffersonville, Indiana. In 1821 Smith… Read More »Nathaniel Bolton
Mary Elizabeth Bostwick (Feb. 11, 1886-July 29, 1959). Bostwick was born in Denver, Colorado. After dropping out of high school, she got her start in journalism in 1903 at the Denver Post, known… Read More »Mary Elizabeth Bostwick
Claude Gernade Bowers (Nov 20, 1878-Jan. 21, 1958). Born and reared in rural communities in central Indiana, Bowers moved to Indianapolis at age 13 with his divorced mother. As a student at Indianapolis… Read More »Claude Gernade Bowers
