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Indiana Daily Student episodes

  • The Dignity Project: Keith Parker
    Keith Parker was IU’s second Black student body president and a member of the Black Panther party. During his time in office, he was approached by a local KKK leader who was an IU truck driver, investigated by the FBI’s Counter Intelligence Program and the target of frequent death threats. This podcast is part of the IDS story “Indignity in death: Unmarked graves in Bloomington indicate long history of racism.”
    3 min
  • The Dignity Project: The Black Market bombing
    Vivian Bridgwaters and Keith Parker, former IU student body president and Black Panther, discuss the aftermath of the Black Market bombing in Bloomington. Vivian was a high school student in Bloomington when the shop was firebombed by two men affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan on Dec. 26, 1968. Keith was a college sophomore living in Indianapolis. This podcast is part of the IDS story “Indignity in death: Unmarked graves in Bloomington indicate long history of racism.”
    2 min
  • The Dignity Project: Vivian Bridgwaters
    Vivian Bridgwaters attended IU in the 1970s, but moved to other states for the majority of her professional life due to a lack of opportunities for Black Bloomington residents. Many of her family members, including her aunt, Frances Marshall Eagleson, the first Black female graduate of IU, were also unable to find jobs in town that met their qualifications. This podcast is part of the IDS story “Indignity in death: Unmarked graves in Bloomington indicate long history of racism.”
    3 min
  • The Dignity Project: Keith Parker
    Keith Parker was IU’s second Black student body president and a member of the Black Panther Party. During his time in office, he was approached by a local KKK leader who was an IU truck driver, investigated by the FBI’s Counter Intelligence Program and the target of frequent death threats. This podcast is part of the IDS story “Indignity in death: Unmarked graves in Bloomington indicate long history of racism.”
    4 min

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The Indiana Daily Student is an independent student newspaper covering Indiana University and the city of Bloomington, Indiana.