Indianapolis Ledger

{{Short description|American newspaper, 1910s and 1920s}}

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The Indianapolis Ledger (1912-192?) was a newspaper in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was published and edited by John Dalphin Howard.{{Cite web|url=https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/700|title=Howard, John Dalphin · Notable Kentucky African Americans Database|website=nkaa.uky.edu}} It marketed itself as a "colored newspaper for the home devoted to the interests of the race in Indiana."{{Cite web|url=https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/m0399/id/2305/|title=The Indianapolis Ledger Bill, January 24, 1916|website=images.indianahistory.org}} William A. Chambers worked for the paper.{{Cite web|url=https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/689|title=Chambers, William A. · Notable Kentucky African Americans Database|website=nkaa.uky.edu}} Arthur D. Williams also served at the paper and was involved with baseball.{{Cite book |last=Debono |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Io0JIIqZ0TgC&dq=indianapolis+ledger&pg=PA49 |title=The Indianapolis ABCs: History of a Premier Team in the Negro Leagues |date=2007-08-15 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-3092-5 |language=en}}

The paper covered black baseball.{{Rp|page=51}} It noted Madame Walker arriving at a game in a limousine and engaged in a campaign to stem "drinking, gambling, and rowdiness" at the baseball park.{{Rp|page=55}} It published second baseman Wallace C. Gordon's poem on race relations.{{Rp|page=57}}

Howard was photographed with Elwood C. Knox (son of George L. Knox and a manager of the Indianapolis Freeman), Andrew Rube Foster, and C. J. Taylor after the Indianapolis ABCs won a World Series Championship.{{Rp|page=70}}