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The month of May is canceled.

If you live in this family-friendly neighborhood, you might pass–or more likely, be passed by–the 2013 Indy 500 champ.

“We are all defined by our fathers,” says Bishop T. Garrett Benjamin of Mmoja Ajabu. “Everything we do in life is either in honor of, or in reaction to them.”

On an October night in 2002, before a gala fundraiser for the National Civil Rights Hall of Fame in Gary, Indiana, things got very weird.

Says Jeffers, “I’m trying to move us past sprinkling people of color into a photo to really being more inclusive and having events that are relevant to more than one type of people.”

On Indy 500 style: “Bikini tops are definitely a don’t. This year, crop tops are really in, so maybe high-waisted shorts or pants and a crop top is a classier version. “

Said @djindianajones of the Atlanta Hawks’ Shelvin Mack, “Right now we don’t care if u went to butler or pike it’s game 7!!!! #gopacers”

Why race fans will spend up to $1,100 for a four-night stay in a tent.

When it was released last month, the Washington Post wrote that March “should be stocked in every school and shelved at every library.”

His words were perhaps revelatory on the subject of inclusion—by God and by fellow humans—of all people, regardless of race, socio-economic status, religion, and even sexual orientation.

Editor’s Note, Nov. 12, 2012: At tonight’s game, Indiana University and its men’s basketball team honor Bill Garrett, the first African-American man to play Big Ten basketball, marking the 65th anniversary of the first game in the conference in which he played. “Well, what happens now to Bill Garrett, Emerson Johnson and Marshall Murray? After […]