About this episode

The episode discusses the restructuring of the Indiana Black Expo's Circle City Classic and its impact on community events.

Indiana Black Expo is restructuring its annual Circle City Classic, ending the organization's longstanding practice of hosting a paid HBCU football matchup at Lucas Oil Stadium while preserving the surrounding slate of community events, IBE President and CEO Alice Watson said in an interview this week.

People in this episode

Host: Abdul-Hakim Shabazz

Guest: Alice Watson

Topics covered

• Indiana Black Expo
• Circle City Classic
• HBCU football
• community events
• restructuring

Keywords

• Indiana Black Expo
• Circle City Classic
• HBCU football
• community events
• Alice Watson

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Indiana Black Expo

Places: Lucas Oil Stadium

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