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According to indianablackexpo.com, during the Post Civil-Rights Movement, the Indiana Black Expo (IBE) established a positive structure in the community that reflected African-Americans, which was an important and much needed development. Two years after attending an expo in Chicago, IL, a few religious and civic leaders in the community decided to establish an Indiana based Black Expo. They understood the pressing need to create an avenue to display positive African-American ideas and thus founded the Indiana Black Expo in 1970.

Through various symposiums with civic leaders speaking on pressing economic, political, and social issues, the Indiana Black Expo (IBE) has strived to address past, present, and future issues that face African-Americans and all people alike. The support of popular entertainers and political figures such as Rev. Jesse Jackson, Louis Farrakhan, Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds just to name a few, helps spread the information. The Indiana Black Expo (IBE) has been a major economic and social contributor to the state of Indiana and African-American communities everywhere.

The Indiana Black Expo 44th Annual Summer Celebration, will take place starting Thursday, July 10th through Sunday, July 20th, 2014.

If you want more information or planning on attending this event, don't hesitate to give them a call at 317-328-2600 or log online to www.indianablackexpo.com.