Biosketch of Thomas Lewis, Former Slave
In the 1930s and early 1940s, more than 140 years after the U. S. Constitution declared slavery illegal in the United States, former slaves were interviewed under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration. The materials, archived at the Library of Congress, are known as the Slave Narrative Collection. Some of the narratives have been
Tarzan: One in Twelve a Native of Bloomington
All totaled, twelve men played Tarzan on the silver screen. Three were from Indiana. One was a native of Bloomington. Elmo Lincoln, a native of Rochester originally named Otto Elmo Linkenhelt, portrayed the ape man during the silent film era as did James Hubert “Babe” Pierce from Freedom, Owen County, Indiana. Denny Miller was from
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