Donald Griffin Jr. Archives

Hey Kids, May 20 is Lemonade Day!

Amy Swain has a vision, and it’s the sweet sight of 800 kids setting up lemonade stands across Monroe County on May 20. As…

May 3, 2017

James Sims, newly elected president of the Monroe County Chapter of the NAACP, speaks out against the rising number of hate crimes in America…

April 17, 2017

BY PAUL BICKLEY When Donald Griffin Jr. and Tim Ballard began Off Campus Housing Agency (OCHA), they focused their marketing efforts on developing a…

May 4, 2016

BY CARMEN SIERING A man wearing a fedora and trench coat walks the streets, his spirits as low as his bank account. He couldn’t…

January 11, 2016

AS TOLD TO ELISABETH ANDREWS, PHOTOGRAPHY BY SHANNON ZAHNLE The history of African Americans in Bloomington is as old as the city itself. In…

February 12, 2013