| 词条 | Freeman Ransom |
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|birth_name = Freeman Briley Ransom |image = |image_size = |caption = |birth_date = July 7, 1880 |birth_place = Grenada, Mississippi |death_date = August 6, 1947 |death_place = Indianapolis, Indiana |occupation = Lawyer, businessman, civic activist |spouse = |parents = |children = Willard, Judy children = Ransom Nelson, A'Lelia |signature = }}Freeman Briley Ransom (1880–1947) was born on his family's farm in Grenada, Mississippi as one of sixteen children.[1] He became a lawyer, businessman, and civic activist practicing in Indianapolis, Indiana. From 1910 until his death he served as legal counsel to Madame C. J. Walker and the Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company. He is buried in West Ridge Park Cemetery in Indianapolis.[2] EducationAfter graduating from Grenada's black high school, Ransom graduated from Walden University in Nashville, Tennessee in 1908 with degrees in divinity and law and as valedictorian of both classes.[3] He completed post graduate work in the School of Law at Columbia University.[4] Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing CompanySoon after his move to Indianapolis, Ransom became not only Madame Walker's attorney but also the general manager for the Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company. Under his leadership, the company became a national model for entrepreneurship in the United States and abroad in the African-American business community and far beyond. Other Indianapolis clients and serviceAs the Walker Company grew in scale so did Ransom's stature in the city. He became the attorney for a number Indianapolis businesses and civic organizations. He also held a number of civic and elected positions including:
Madame Walker TheatreOn land purchased for $58,000 in 1924, Ransom worked alongside A'Lelia Walker to construct a building in honor of Madame Walker. They created the Walker Theatre to be a place to "serve as the social and cultural center of Indianapolis."[5] The theatre opened its doors in on Monday, December 26, 1927. Indianapolis legacyRansom and his family lived much of their life in Indianapolis near Indiana Avenue in what is now called the Ransom Place Historic District. The district was named for he and his family in 1992, and became the first African-American neighborhood in the state of Indiana to receive such distinction.[6] The neighborhood, which was home to many important African American business leaders, remains the most intact 19th century neighborhood associated with African Americans in Indianapolis. On the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, there is an apartment complex which bears the family name.[7] See also{{Portal|Biography}}A'Lelia WalkerReferences1. ^"United States Census, 1880", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4GH-TJ2 : accessed 21 December 2015), Freeman Ransom in entry for Clem Ransom, 1880. 2. ^{{cite web|title=Freeman Briley "F.B." Ransom|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21968|publisher=Find A Grave|accessdate=3 June 2012}} 3. ^{{cite book|last=Bundles|first=A'Lelia|title=On Her Own Ground|year=2001|publisher=Scribner|isbn=0-684-82582-1|pages=106–107}} 4. ^{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis|year=1994|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=0-253-31222-1|authorlink=Stanley Warren|editor=David J. Bodenhamer and Robert G. Barrows|page=1165}} 5. ^{{cite book|last=Gibbs|first=edited by Wilma L.|title=Indiana's African-American heritage : essays from Black history news & notes|year=1993|publisher=Indiana Historical Society|location=Indianapolis|isbn=0-87195-098-7|authorlink=To All Classes; to All Races; This House is Dedicated: The Walker Theatre Revisited|author2=Gloria J. Gibson-Hudson|page=54}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Ransom Place Historic District|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/indianapolis/ransomplace.htm|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=3 June 2012}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=Ransom House|url=http://www.iupui.edu/spirit/campus/ransomhouse.html|publisher=IUPUI|accessdate=3 June 2012}} External links{{DEFAULTSORT:Ransom, Freeman}} 13 : 1880 births|1947 deaths|20th-century African-American activists|African-American businesspeople|African-American lawyers|20th-century American lawyers|Burials in Indiana|Columbia Law School alumni|Executives of Indiana based companies|Indiana lawyers|People from Grenada, Mississippi|Businesspeople from Indianapolis|Walden University (Tennessee) alumni |
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