Civil Rights The history of civil rights in Indianapolis is intertwined with that of the larger African American struggle for equality in… Read More »Civil Rights
Metal Processing And Fabrication Blacksmiths and toolmakers were some of the earliest metal workers in Indianapolis. They shod horses, manufactured agricultural implements, and forged… Read More »Metal Processing And Fabrication
Religion and Race Race has been a public issue in Indianapolis from the city’s earliest years. Numerous state laws restricted the rights of… Read More »Religion and Race
Olympic Exhibitions Since 1924 Indianapolis has hosted 18 Olympic exhibition events in 10 different sports. The 1980s saw an increase in these… Read More »Olympic Exhibitions
Historic Preservation The goal of historic preservation is to preserve and maintain significant structures or groupings of structures for present and future… Read More »Historic Preservation
Sports Broadcasting Indianapolis broadcasting and sports have been linked since the early 1920s. In 1922 stations and broadcast reports on the ,… Read More »Sports Broadcasting
Business Cycles In Indianapolis, as elsewhere, business cycles stem from economic shocks. In the 19th century, monetary panics begun by failures in… Read More »Business Cycles
Wetlands Early historians described pioneer as having an abundance of swamps, bottoms, bayous and sloughs. Their accounts noted that these areas,… Read More »Wetlands
Automobile Culture The automobile has changed every American city throughout the 20th century, those of middle size perhaps even more than the… Read More »Automobile Culture
Church of Christ, Scientist (Christian Science) In the 1880s, the then-new denomination Christian Science first became known to Indianapolis through its healing ministry. The denomination, which… Read More »Church of Christ, Scientist (Christian Science)
