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Historic Southern Indiana presents first O’Bannon Award |
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Historic Southern Indiana presented its
first Frank and Judy O’Bannon Heritage Enrichment Award at its
annual members meeting November 1 in Vevay, Indiana.
The award was presented to Maxine Brown of Corydon, who led
the effort to restore the Corydon Colored School and named the
school for her aunt, Leora Brown, a long-time teacher there.
Built in 1891, the school was one of the first places to educate
African Americans in Indiana. It closed in 1950. The national 50th
anniversary celebration of the Supreme Court’s 1954 decision in
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was held at the Leora Brown
School in 2004.
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Photo provided
From left to right: Martha
Bladen, HSI board member; Leslie Townsend, HSI assistant director;
Maxine Brown, recipient of the first Frank and Judy O’Bannon
Heritage Enrichment Award; and Darrel Bigham, HSI director.
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“The restored school has become a
valuable center for not only promoting knowledge of Indiana
education in its segregated days, but also providing Corydon with a
valuable social and cultural enrichment center,” said Darrel
Bigham, HSI director. “A number of solid applications were
submitted, and that attests to the legacy of the O’Bannons in
preserving and promoting southern Indiana resources.”
HSI board member Martha Bladen hosted the event at the
Schenck Mansion Bed & Breakfast in Vevay. |
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