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James C. Cummings Jr.

(Sept. 22, 1929-Apr. 23, 2020). A lifelong Indianapolis resident, James Cummings shaped the African American experience in Indianapolis through the… Read More »

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Donald M. Mattison

(Apr. 24, 1905-July 28, 1975). Born in Rockford, Illinois, where his father invented m...

Charles Bruce McConnell

(Sept. 26, 1902-Jan. 31, 1976). Born in Scipio, Jennings County, Indiana, McConnell li...

Josiah Kirby Lilly Jr.

(Sept. 25, 1893-May 5, 1966). Born in Indianapolis, the younger son of and Lilly Ridge...

William Theodore (W. T.) Ray

(Mar. 20, 1916 -Dec. 17, 2010). The first accredited Black real estate agent and the f...

PLACES

Bradford Woods

Bradford Woods is located on roughly 2,500 acres of heavily wooded land located in Clay Township in the southwestern corner… Read More »

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The Pyramids

Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates (KRJDA) of New Haven, Connecticut, designed t...

Mile Square

The Mile Square encompasses the area comprising Indianapolis’ original plat created ...

Bates House

, an Indianapolis banker and businessman, built the Bates House in 1852-1853 on the no...

Golden Hill

The historic neighborhood of Golden Hill is bounded by the , Woodstock Club, Bertha Ro...

EVENTS

International Violin Competition of Indianapolis

The International Violin Competition of Indianapolis (IVCI) got its start in 1982 because of the work of Cathedral Arts, Inc.… Read More »

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Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral Cortege

The Lincoln funeral train arrived in a rainy Indianapolis at 7 A.M. on Sunday, April 3...

Street Railway Strikes

During the 70-plus years that Indianapolis had operating , it experienced two major st...

Coliseum Explosion

On October 31, 1963, Shriners Night at the Coliseum, the Holiday on Ice performance en...

Riley Dance Marathons

Riley Dance Marathons engage student leaders across the state to drive year-round fund...

ORGANIZATIONS

Unity

The Unity movement is a distinctive American Christian religion founded by Myrtle and Charles Fillmore in Kansas City, Missouri, in… Read More »

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Corteva Agriscience

Corteva Agriscience is a successor company to DowElanco, an agribusiness that was form...

John Birch Society

The John Birch Society is a nationwide organization dedicated to freeing the United St...

Eastern Star Church

Eastern Star Church, the largest predominantly African American religious congregation...

Hudson Institute

The Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank and policy research group, moved to In...

TOPICS

Americanization and Nativism

Although not recognized for its ethnic diversity, Indianapolis attracted periodic waves of foreign immigrants in the 1830s to 1850s (Germans… Read More »

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