CAHS 62-63-64

05/22/2024

We asked voters for the one thing they remembered most about the Trump era. Few of them cited major events like the pandemic and Jan. 6.

05/22/2024

Thank you, District 7!

03/28/2024

Tomorrow is Food Distribution Tuesday!
Come at 10:00 am and receive fresh produce, meat, and dairy items.
Indianapolis Urban League,777 Indiana Avenue, 10 am until approximately 12:30 pm - while supplies last.

03/26/2024

The Real Hoosiers: Crispus Attucks High School, Oscar Robertson, and the Hidden History of Hoops Audible Logo Audible Audiobook – Unabridged
Jack McCallum (Author), Cary Hite (Narrator), Hachette Books (Publisher)
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The true story behind Crispus Attucks High School and the all-Black basketball team loosely depicted as the championship opponent in the beloved classic sports movie Hoosiers.

For far too long the mythology of Indiana basketball has been dominated by Hoosiers. Framed as the ultimate underdog, feel-good story, there has also long been a cultural debate surrounding the film. The Real Hoosiers sets out to illuminate the narrative that the film omits, the story of the unheralded Crispus Attucks Tigers, playing the game at the highest level in the 1950s in a racially divided Indiana.

After a crushing loss to Milan High School in the 1954 semifinal, which was the game that the final scenes in Hoosiers are based on, Attucks went on to win back-to-back Indiana state championships. That team was led by a young Oscar Robertson and coached by Ray Crowe, who fully recognized the seemingly insurmountable challenges of playing basketball in a state that was a bastion for not only the game but also the Ku Klux Klan.

Veteran sportswriter and the bestselling author of Dream Team, Jack McCallum, pulls back the curtain on that history, which is rich, far beyond the basketball court. The Real Hoosiers replaces a lacuna in the history of Indiana while dissecting the myths and lore of Hoosier hoops; placing the game in the context of migration, segregation, and integration; and enhancing our understanding of this country’s struggle for civil rights.

03/08/2024

https://indianahistory.org/events/covering-the-same-ground-three-storytellers-on-crispus-attucks-basketball/?fbclid=IwAR2lrCEb9HCAEKvQpBS1b6Ii3tH4FRuBz4QdZLUknjID_ZJgoo4hFolGwDo

Thursday, March 21 | 6 – 8 p.m. | Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center | Pre-registration encouraged IHS Member: Discussion and book – $26, Discussion only – Free Non-Member: Discussion and Book – $36, Discussion only: $10 A filmmaker, a historian, and a writer walk onto the baske...

01/26/2023

Loved this teacher and family friend so much! She and Mrs. Oglesby taught me Gymnastics, but Mrs. Potter was my first instructor. She also knew my family. Before she married, she dated my second cousin, John Tate, from Chicago, Illinois. He was an Ebony Fashion Fair model then. My Mother (Rip) told me to introduce myself to her, after class. I did and after she got over the shock of who I was related to (she looked up at me and dropped her pencil), she hugged me and promised to follow my progress all four years. She did. I'll never forget her hugging me after '70's Vesper Services. SO GLAD that the Lettermen honored her in a touching ceremony. Robert Hayes, I'll never forget your loving and sweet words about your fondness for her. You all made her day. She will be missed.

Walk into Heaven proudly, Mrs. Potter, you have earned your Crown. Please keep her family in your kindest thoughts and benevolent prayers. Especially her nephew, who was her caretaker.

Lovingly,
Janet "Tigerette" Tate Anderson "70

Evelyn Potter, 90, Indianapolis passed away December 31, 2022. A Homegoing Celebration will be held Saturday, January 14, 2023 at 12:30 PM in Mount...

09/14/2021

"Alumni, we have lost another Tiger, Howard Ervin. I believe he was a member of the Class of '62 or '63. I will confirm.

Thank you to Clara Woods and Ethel Middlebrook '63 for letting us know.💚💛

"Janet,

Howard's Service will be Sept. 16th,12 noon, at Martindale Ave. Church of Christ. Viewing will be from 9:30-11:30am and the service will be streamed on Flanner and Buchanan's website as well.

Will talk later. Take care.

Love and blessings,

Your Sag Sista"