The Crispus Attucks Center comprises the IPS Office of Multicultural Education (OME) and the Crispus Attucks Museum. The OME opened in 1987 and the Museum, in 1998.  The Center, under the auspices of the Indianapolis Public Schools, is located on the campus of Crispus Attucks Medical Magnet High School, 1140 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Street.   

Believing that Education is a Civil Right, the mission of the Center is to demonstrate excellence, scholarship, respect and courage by acting as a catalyst of knowledge, skills and resources for improving academic achievement through helping educators, parents and significant others in a child's life understand:

• The process of infusing / embedding school curriculum, textbooks and materials with concepts, issues and themes from diverse perspectives, and in particular, perspectives of children of color, children in poverty and other disenfranchised groups; 
• The culturally responsive strategies for equipping students with survival skills that help them develop non-violent strategies to cope with the omnipresence of racism, sexism, other isms and phobias that are inherent in a society that may not look kindly upon them;
• The culturally responsive instructional practices for centering all students in their own culture by combining the cultural orientation of the child with the instructional strategies of the school.
• The need for transforming the educational environment of the school to make it academically and culturally compatible with the diverse cultures, learning styles and behavior styles of all learners (as per requirements of the State Law on Cultural Competence);
• The importance of acknowledging and celebrating diversity and multicultural education in homes, schools, colleges and universities, churches, organizations, businesses, government and community. 
• The importance of support for diversity through dialogue, public programs, debate, school/community events and carefully designed staff development workshops, conferences and seminars.