February 5 Bob Douglas becomes the first African American elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame. March 2 The first man-made satellite leaves the solar system. April Student Antiwar Movements Then and Now By Layla Marie Caba, age 10 and IndyKids staff Police officers...
By Aman Mehrota, age 10 and IndyKids Staff The United States police forces are a pretty modern invention. Early police forces were privately funded systems governed by the rich white elite to protect property. Some say that systemic racism has always been the...
By Lukas Azcurrain, age 14 Monuments that commemorate Confederate soldiers and other racist historical figures whose fortunes were built on the slave trade have been at the forefront of recent conversations in the United States. After the murder of George Floyd, the...
History can be an exciting and fascinating window into the past—learning about inspiring people and how they helped create what we have today. But there are some parts of history that are painful and difficult to tell. Oftentimes these traumatic events in our past...
These are comments that people left on articles here at indykids.org. You can leave your own comments on any of the articles on our site. The article “Fresh Food or Fast Food” was interesting, because we did an experiment [in school] about healthy food in our...
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