Crispus Attucks Museum The Crispus Attucks Museum opened at Crispus Attucks Middle School in 1998. The founding curator, Gilbert Taylor, spent eight years… Read More »Crispus Attucks Museum
Arab Americans Arabic-speaking people began settling in Indianapolis in the late 1800s. Coming mainly from what today are the countries of Syria… Read More »Arab Americans
Kountry Kitchen Soul Food Place Kountry Kitchen Soul Food Place has served the and beyond since it first opened in 1988. Jessie Johnson White established… Read More »Kountry Kitchen Soul Food Place
Anna Margaret Ross Alexander (Nov. 17, 1913-Feb. 16, 1995). Anna Margaret Ross Alexander was born in Lafayette, Indiana, to Linn Carhahan Ross and Gladys… Read More »Anna Margaret Ross Alexander
Indy Police Athletic & Activities League Officer Forrest Higgs organized the first Police Athletic League (PAL) club at Rhodius Park (southwestern Indianapolis) in 1941 as part… Read More »Indy Police Athletic & Activities League
African American Golf African Americans have a rich history of golfing in Indianapolis, but that history was always shaped by segregation. Golf was… Read More »African American Golf
Browning Day Also known as Browning Day Pollak, Inc. (1969-1982), and Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf, Inc. (1983-2019), the architecture firm founded by… Read More »Browning Day
Ray Harroun (Jan. 12, 1879-Jan. 19, 1968). Born in Spartansburg, Pennsylvania, to Russell LaFayette Harroun and Lucy A. Halliday, Ray Harroun apprenticed… Read More »Ray Harroun
Social Services In Schools Before the 20th century, private charity organizations customarily provided social services to school-age children. With new social theories of education… Read More »Social Services In Schools
Pogue’s Run Pogue’s Run is a small stream that broke the pattern of plan for Indianapolis. and his family were among… Read More »Pogue’s Run
