Crispus Attucks, Colored Hero, Name Wished for High School

From The Indianapolis News, Saturday, March 27, 1926:  “Crispus Attucks” will be the name of the new colored high school on recommendation of the instruction committee of the Indianapolis school board instead of “Thomas Jefferson,” as it was named by the former school board.  Soon after the new school commissioners took office in January, a large number of requests were received from colored patrons with the suggestion that the new high school be named after a colored man of fame.  The name of Crispus Attucks, who was killed by British soldiers in the March 5, 1770, Boston Massacre, was suggested along with that of Ohio poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, the colored James Whitcomb Riley. The selection was left to the Colored Parent-Teacher Association to decide, and they recommended “Crispus Attucks” was the most favored by the colored people of Indianapolis.  

“Crispus Attucks, Colored Hero, Name Wished for High School,” The Indianapolis News, 27 March 1926, p. 37:4

"Race Traditions Permeate School," The Indianapolis Star, 18 September 1927, p. 30.2

Hinkle is Signed to Direct Butler Athletics 3 Years

From The Indianapolis Star, Saturday, March 20, 1926:  Paul D. “Tony” Hinkle has been named athletic director of Butler University succeeding Pat Page, according to an announcement by Arthur Brown, chair of the athletic committee of the board of trustees.  Present plans have Hinkle coaching football, baseball, and basketball and until a track coach is appointed he will also devote a good part of his time to the Blue and White thinly-clads.  A graduate of the University of Chicago, Hinkle came to Butler in 1920 as Page’s assistant and as the baseball coach.  He also coached freshman football and basketball while assisting with varsity football and basketball, too.  The Butler board of trustees has received numerous petitions from alumni and students advocating for the retention of Hinkle as athletic director, and the student body was highly pleased with the decision.

“Hinkle is Signed to Direct Butler Athletics 3 Years,” The Indianapolis Star, 20 March 1926, p. 12:7

Council Limits Home Residence

From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, March 16, 1926:  By a vote of 5 to 1, the Indianapolis City Council passed an ordinance last night prohibiting establishment of homes by Negroes or white persons in districts inhabited principally by persons of opposite color except with consent of a majority of property owners in the communities concerned.  Councilor Austin Todd sponsored the resolution on behalf of the White People’s Protective League.  Nearly one thousand spectators packed the council chamber and enthusiastically shouted and cheered at the passage of the ordinance.  After casting the “no” vote, Democrat Councilor Edward Raub said, “I don’t think this Council has the power under the law to put such an ordinance into effect.  The Council is limited under the law, let alone the constitutionality of the question.”  Later, Mayor John Duvall signed the segregation ordinance into law.   

“Council Limits Home Residence,” The Indianapolis Star, 16 March 1926, p. 1:6