Started in 2022 by former Brown County resident Michael Cartwright, the Library’s Juneteenth Commemoration is on its third year. In commemoration of the upcoming Juneteenth holiday, the Brown County Public Library is pleased to host speaker Eunice Trotter, Director of Indiana Landmarks’ Black Heritage Preservation Program. Ms. Trotter will present the lecture on “Black Settlements in Indiana” on Tuesday, June 11 at 6 p.m. at the Library.
The public is invited to come and learn about the locations and history of settlements around the state that were once home to groups of Black settlers, as well as the efforts of Indiana Landmarks to preserve those settlements.
Eunice Trotter is from a pioneer Black family with roots in Indiana dating back to the late 1790s. She attended public schools in Indianapolis and worked her way through college. She holds journalism undergraduate degrees and an MBA. She is former owner of The Indianapolis Recorder, which is one of the oldest African American newspapers in the country.
She was the first African American editor at The Indianapolis Star and has held editing or reporting positions at several other newspapers, including The New York Post, Florida Today, the Palm Beach Post and the Lafayette Journal and Courier.
She has won numerous reporting and writing awards and in 2017 was inducted into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame. She recently published her first book, “Black in Indiana,” which has received state and national first-place awards. She is now director of Indiana Landmarks’ Black Heritage Preservation Program. Her job and her passion are to uncover, document and preserve Black heritage statewide.
Everyone is welcome to attend. An RSVP is requested — visit BrownCountyLibrary.info/juneteenth2024 or by calling (812) 988-2850 to sign up.
