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Eagleson Avenue

Eagleson Avenue officially replaces Jordan Avenue as city honors prominent Black family

Holden Abshier

H.V. Eagleson, Sr. was born a slave and moved to Bloomington in the 1880s. He worked as a local barber, one of the few occupations open to Black people at the time.
Indiana University renames street for prominent Black family

Associated Press

The IU Board of Trustees voted Friday to approve changing the name of Jordan Avenue to Eagleson Avenue, matching a change that city officials are making for its section of the street.