With makeshift decor and a boom box for music, the original Seahorse was totally undistinguished, but it became a sanctuary... more

After growing up in Puerto Rico, Joaquin Robles moved to South Bend, Indiana, and lived forty-plus years here. Joaquin talks about... more

As the only African American Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) at South Bend, Indiana’s Memorial Hospital in the late 1960s, Charlotte... more

Since 2017, for 54 episodes, you’ve been with us as we’ve gone back into South Bend’s history. And next week, we’re... more

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

Near the end of World War II, at age four or five years old, Abdul Nur moved from Elkhart, Indiana,... more

At two public events in October 2022, doctors Jamie Wagman and Julia Dauer from Saint Mary’s College presented the results... more

One of the most fundamental human needs is shelter. From the 1910s through the 1950s, many thousands of people of African... more

On June 29, 1922, several hundred people attended a special, two-hour evening opening of the new Engman Public Natatorium. By... more

Madeline Smothers was born in Rockville, Illinois, in 1917. By 1935, she joined members of her extended family living in... more

Jack Reed was about four or five years old when his mother moved him from Tennessee to South Bend. He... more