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The American south has been a hostile place for Black people for much of this country s history. In the 1840s, some Black families decided to look for something better. They undertook a dangerous journey to the north and west to Indiana, and one of the most notable places where they settled was in Grant County, northeast of Indianapolis.
For the first time Indianapolis has a black equity theater company. The Naptown African American Theatre Collective was officially formed earlier this year. It s putting on its first full production this week at the Phoenix Theatre Cultural Center downtown.