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On January 10, 2020, IU South Bend Chancellor Susan Elrod publicly announced that Indiana University was purchasing the former Engman Public Natatorium from the South Bend Heritage Foundation for $1. This folder contains images taken at the…

Promotional materials and itinerary of a CRHC sponsored event entitled, “1,000,000 Hoodie March.” The march from the CRHC to the Martin Luther King Center was in reaction to the death of Trayvon Martin. Includes a clipping from The Preface, IU South…

Recordable compact disc (CD-R) containing digital photographs taken by CRHC’s Sara J. Lowe during the dedication ceremony of the newly re-opened Natatorium as the home of the CRHC. The event began with a ceremony at the Center for History, and guests…

Promotional flyer for a visit by IU South Bend students to the South Bend (Engman) Natatorium on September 22, 2006. The flyer makes reference to the CRHC opening “next year” (the CRHC would not open there until 2010) as a civil rights memorial,…

Re-writable compact disc (CD-RW) containing digital photographs taken by CRHC’s Sara J. Lowe, Matt Cashore, and South Bend Heritage Foundation of the various phases in the reconstruction of the Engman Natatorium into the IU South Bend CRHC between…

"The Natatorium Project," by David Healey

Photograph of students engaged in varied CRHC meetings and activities.

Contains drafts of a proposal for the Civil Rights Institute at Indiana University South Bend, later to become the Civil Rights Heritage Center. Also includes pages of notes and various correspondence about the early programs and activities of the…