A Mississippi native who moved to South Bend in 1944 speaks about Black businesses on the west side.    Elmer Joseph came... more

A 1931 graduate of South Bend’s Central High School talks about her experiences growing up in a resort town of... more

Gail Brodie lived her entire life in her beloved west side community. She even has an honorary street named after... more

Andre Buchanan grew up in South Bend’s east side African American community in a house that, today, is threatened by... more

Over the past two years, doctors Jamie Wagman and Julia Dauer from Saint Mary’s College collected local stories of those... more

Ruperto Guedea lived the majority of his life in the United States straddling multiple cultures. Born into a small mining... more

Alma Powell left her hometown of Memphis, Tennessee, when she was two years old. Her father worked for Studebaker by... more

We’re releasing a new book. Placing History: An African American Landmark Tour of South Bend, Indiana, features South Bend’s African American... more

The daughter of migrant farmworkers, Rebecca Ruvalcaba witnessed the growth of the Latines community from a few originators, like her... more

In the 1940s, professional baseball segregated players both by race and by gender. The All-American Girls’ Professional Baseball League, and... more