David Leander Williams wants to highlight the key players in Indianapolis' history -- and share the stories of notable African Americans. MarcMullins1 reports.
INDIANAPOLIS — David Leander Williams is a native Hoosier and scholar who is now on a mission to inspire young people.
The two went to Central Library in search of books that shared the history of African Americans in Indianapolis. Williams says there was hardly anything. The book tells the stories of Polly Strong and Mary Bateman Clark two slaves in the territory who fought for their freedom. Williams is a Crispus Attucks High School alum. A man named David Curtis Stephenson, who later became prominent with the Ku Klux Klan, was able to convince city leaders to create a high school specifically for African Americans.
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