Article Archives: Bumps in the Night

William H. Johnson, Citizen

January 23, 2014 | by Al Hunter

This past November, I shared with you a series of articles commemorating the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. The speech is well known to most Americans and the words Mr. Lincoln spoke that day were once required memorization for every student in this country. The minutia surrounding the … Read More

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Indianapolis, Part 3

January 16, 2014 | by Al Hunter

On Dec. 12, 1958, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke at the Cadle Tabernacle radio ministry in downtown Indianapolis just three months after narrowly escaping death while at a book signing in Harlem, New York on September 20. The attacker was an African-American woman named Izola Curry. Her weapon was … Read More

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Indianapolis, Part 2

January 9, 2014 | by Al Hunter

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was feeling good when he walked into Blumstein’s department store in Harlem on September 20, 1958 to sign copies of his new book, Stride Toward Freedom. King was a rising star in the burgeoning American Civil Rights Movement who was still basking in the glory … Read More

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Indianapolis, Part 1

December 19, 2013 | by Al Hunter

Sixty-five years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. came to Indianapolis to speak at the Cadle Tabernacle radio ministry in downtown Indianapolis. For nearly half a century beginning in the 1920s, the massive building sat roughly two blocks east of the old Indianapolis City Hall.  The Spanish Mission style facility … Read More

Lincoln at Gettysburg, Part 4

December 12, 2013 | by Al Hunter

Over the past few weeks I’ve inundated you with more than you ever wanted to know about Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. In the 150 years since Mr. Lincoln uttered those 272 words in 10 brief sentences over the course of barely 3 minutes, historians have dissected it word by word … Read More