About the program
The work, up close.
The African American History Challenge is part academic competition, part cultural inheritance. Students study the full arc of African and African American history—the figures, the movements, the moments that don't always make the textbook.
Then they compete. Fast rounds. Bright lights. Judges who are attorneys, business leaders, and educators from across the country. For many participants, it is the first time they've spoken in front of a room that size—and discovered they can.
Indianapolis teams have repeatedly represented the chapter at national competition. Win or lose, students leave the program with a deeper sense of who they come from and what they're capable of.
