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The Indianapolis Times, originally published as the Sun in 1888, moved to this site in 1924. In the 1920s, it led a crusade against the Ku Klux Klan, exposing the Klan's influence in Indiana politics and spurring investigations into corrupt state elections. For this public service, the Times won the Pulitzer Prize in 1928. It also advocated for the public by organizing the Clothe-A-Child campaign during the Great Depression, winning a national award for its work on behalf of the mentally ill in 1955, and identifying jobs for the unemployed in 1961. It exposed state highway scandals in the 1950s and errors in crime statistics in 1962, leading to better police patrol, before ceasing publication in 1965.
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