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This week, on Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, continue their conversation about Lick Creek. Last week, they spoke with Diana Daniels, a descendant of Lick Creek Settlement, founded by the first African American settlers, who came to Orange County, Indiana five years before the County was established and Indiana became a state. These settlers were free …

PART ONE Hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell speak with La Vella Hyter, Roberts Settlement Descendant, Board Member and Media Chair; and Dr. Catherine Hughes, Director of Museum Theatre and Research for Conner Prairie, about Indiana’s Roberts Settlement. PART TWO In part two we hear from Indiana University’s First Nations Educational and Cultural Center Director Nicky Belle, Program Assistant Heather Williams, …