'Black history is also American history. We cannot erase history or ignore history and expect to move forward.'
"Black history is also American history," Dr. Fletcher said."We cannot erase history or ignore history and expect to move forward."
"We have an issue when we teach African-American history; we typically begin with slavery. Black history did not begin with enslavement, nor did it end with the Civil War," Fletcher said.Freeman was a Georgia native who came to Indiana around 1844 and opened a successful restaurant in Downtown Indianapolis.
Freeman spent nine weeks in jail, and with the help of three attorneys fought in court to prove he was a free man.
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