Romanians Immigrants from Romania began arriving in the United States during the late 19th century. Settling primarily in urban industrial areas,… Read More »Romanians
SAVI Indianapolis Racial Equity Report Card SAVI is a program of the Polis Center, a research unit in the Indiana University Luddy School of Informatics, Computing,… Read More »SAVI Indianapolis Racial Equity Report Card
School Desegregation Although Indiana’s early school laws made no reference to race, few African American children attended local township schools, relying instead… Read More »School Desegregation
School Districts Provided for by state law, school districts are legally distinct from the municipal or township governments within which they operate.… Read More »School Districts
School Finance Even though school finance in Indianapolis has often hinged upon the limitations of the state constitution or the actions of… Read More »School Finance
Sculpture Through the years, public sculpture in Indianapolis, often quite visible but largely unnoticed, has followed trends typical throughout the state.… Read More »Sculpture
Seals and Flags The county commissioners adopted the first Seal of Marion County on April 17, 1822. The seal was to have the… Read More »Seals and Flags
Serbs Bookkeeper John Peterson (Jovan Perich, 1886-1978) was the first Serbian immigrant to arrive in Indianapolis from Prizren in Old Serbia… Read More »Serbs
Shopping Malls The downtown department stores that evolved out of general stores grew to dominate Indianapolis’ retail shopping scene until the middle… Read More »Shopping Malls
Sikhs Sikhism is a distinct religion and the fifth-largest in the world, with a following of over 35 million scattered across… Read More »Sikhs
