Saturday, February 19 at 7 p.m.
At this online event, Mr. David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian, and Dr. Joseph Tucker Edmonds, Assistant Professor of History, Religion, and Africana Studies at IUPUI, will be providing an enlightening discussion about Black History in Hamilton County and Indianapolis in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
About David Heighway
Heighway is Hamilton County Historian. He is a native Hoosier and received his undergraduate degree in history from Western Kentucky University and his Masters in History from Utah State University. He has worked at museums around the US, including places such as Utah and Pennsylvania, as well as museums in Indiana, such as Conner Prairie. He is presently an employee of the Hamilton East Public Library, sits on the Noblesville Historic Preservation Commission, and is on the board of directors of the Hamilton County Historical Society.
About Joseph L. Tucker Edmonds
Tucker Edmonds is an Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Religious Studies at Indiana University's School of Liberal Arts (IUPUI)and the Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture (CSRAAC). He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies from Brown University, his Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in New York City, and his PhD in Religious Studies from Duke University. His research interests are Black theologies, alternative Christianities in the Black Atlantic, and the role of scripture in African and African American religious traditions. His book, The Other Black Church: Alternative Christian Movements and the Struggle for Black Freedom, was published in December 2020.