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Dorothy Morlan
(May 25, 1882-Oct. 25, 1967). Born in Salem, Ohio, Dorothy Morlan lived most of her adult life in the eastside suburb of
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Fall Creek Place
Located two miles north of Downtown between 22nd Street and Fall Creek, east of Pennsylvania Street and west of College Avenue, Fall Creek Place was a neighborhood of substantial homes… Read More »Fall Creek Place
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Labor Day Celebrations
Indianapolis first observed Labor Day on Sunday, September 19, 1886. Originally scheduled for Monday, September 6, organizers accommodated their guest speakers by changing the festivities to Sunday, despite objections from… Read More »Labor Day Celebrations
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Center For Leadership Development
Indianapolis community leaders in education, philanthropy, and business who were interested in identifying and addressing the obstacles facing Indianapolis’ Black students first conceived the idea of the Center for Leadership… Read More »Center For Leadership Development
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Chinese
Few Chinese immigrants settled in Indianapolis until the late 20th century. The federal Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and the Oriental Exclusion Act of 1924 both effectively limited Chinese immigration… Read More »Chinese
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A product of the Indianapolis Bicentennial effort (2020–21), the digital Encyclopedia of Indianapolis integrates and accesses the explosion and fragmentation of knowledge created both as born-digital information and as a large new digital archive.
