George L. Knox (Sept. 16, 1841-Aug. 24, 1927). African American publisher George L. Knox embodied Booker T. Washington’s values of economic uplift and… Read More »George L. Knox
La Voz de Indiana La Voz de Indiana started business in September 1999. Liliana Hamnik conceived of the idea to start a newspaper for… Read More »La Voz de Indiana
Labor Newspapers Newspapers representing the interests and concerns of working men and women have been published in Indianapolis since the 1870s. Although… Read More »Labor Newspapers
William Hammond LaMaster (Feb. 14, 1841 -July 28, 1908). William Hammond LaMaster advocated for religious skepticism, agnosticism, and anti-temperance. His ideas underscored the… Read More »William Hammond LaMaster
Irving Leibowitz (Aug. 5, 1922-Apr. 28, 1979). Columnist and managing editor of the , Irving (Leibo) Leibowitz was a native of New… Read More »Irving Leibowitz
Henry Jackson Lewis (ca. 1830s-Apr. 10, 1891). Henry Jackson Lewis was born enslaved near Water Valley, Mississippi in the late 1830s, although some… Read More »Henry Jackson Lewis
Frank Perry Lloyd (Oct. 20, 1919-Aug. 27, 2002). Born in South Carolina, Frank Perry Lloyd graduated from South Carolina State College, then from… Read More »Frank Perry Lloyd
The Locomotive On August 16, 1845, Daniel B. Culley, John H. Ohr, and David R. Elder printed the first copy of The… Read More »The Locomotive
Louis Leon Ludlow (June 24, 1873-Nov. 28, 1950). Louis Leon Ludlow was born in a log cabin in Fayette County. He graduated from… Read More »Louis Leon Ludlow
Douglass Maguire (Apr. 29, 1799-Oct. 13, 1857). Born in Fayette County, Kentucky, Maguire came to Indianapolis in 1823. On March 7, 1823,… Read More »Douglass Maguire
