Seeing a Dream Come to Fruition
Thirty years ago, the Rev. Father Boniface Hardin envisioned a language school for African-Americans, but what he founded has become so much more.
By Hurley Goodall
INDIANAPOLIS
Hidden away in a nondescript complex in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Indianapolis, Martin University is so modest that students and faculty park their cars in a tiny dirt-and-gravel lot across the street.
This institution of higher learning — the only predominantly Black university in Indiana — has served Indianapolis’ poor, minority and adult learners for 30 years.
Now, its founder and leader, the Rev. Father Boniface Hardin, is planning to step down. His final day as president will be Dec. 31, and he says he’s counting on students and faculty to select a leader who will continue his mission.
