Circle City Classic Circle City Classic is a weekend celebration of African American achievements, culminating in an annual football match between two Historically… Read More »Circle City Classic
Crawford v. Marion Co. Election Board A 2008 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld a 2005 Indiana law requiring all voters casting an… Read More »Crawford v. Marion Co. Election Board
Dickinson v. Indiana State Election Board In Dickinson v. Indiana State Election Board (1990) and Whitcomb v. Chavis (1971) courts considered whether Marion County state legislative… Read More »Dickinson v. Indiana State Election Board
Edward Phillips Case From their beginnings in 1854 and 1859, respectively, the Indianapolis Police Department (IPD) (see Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and the… Read More »Edward Phillips Case
Municipal Election of 1925 Beginning with the May primary race for mayor in the Republican Party, the city elections of 1925 were dominated by… Read More »Municipal Election of 1925
Election Riot of 1876 In the early evening of May 3, 1876, the day of a special election for city councilmen, a disturbance broke… Read More »Election Riot of 1876
John Freeman Fugitive Slave Case The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, part of the Compromise of 1850, amended the 1793 Fugitive Slave Law by giving… Read More »John Freeman Fugitive Slave Case
Gold And Glory Sweepstakes African American drivers and mechanics held the Gold and Glory Sweepstakes, an annual auto race, on the one-mile dirt track… Read More »Gold And Glory Sweepstakes
Indianapolis 500-Mile Race Long known simply as the “500,” the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race has been conducted continuously at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway since its… Read More »Indianapolis 500-Mile Race
Indianapolis Public School 27 National Chess Champions Against all odds, a team of 11 inner-city students from Indianapolis Public School (IPS) 27 defeated a team from Hunter College… Read More »Indianapolis Public School 27 National Chess Champions
