Lynching of William Keemer William Keemer, the first Black man in Indiana lynched after the Civil War during Reconstruction, was born to James H.… Read More »Lynching of William Keemer
Meet The Artists artist-in-residence Anthony Radford put together the first Meet the Artists showcase in 1988. The event showcases the work of some… Read More »Meet The Artists
Michael Taylor Case Michael Taylor Jr., a 16-year-old Black youth, was shot and killed on September 24, 1987, while in police custody. The… Read More »Michael Taylor Case
Mike Tyson Case Michael (Mike) G. Tyson, world heavyweight boxing champion from 1986 to 1990, was prosecuted in Indianapolis in 1992 in one… Read More »Mike Tyson Case
Monster Meetings of the Senate Avenue YMCA In 1900, a group of African American men founded the Young Men’s Prayer Band in Indianapolis to challenge the discriminatory… Read More »Monster Meetings of the Senate Avenue YMCA
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
Robert F. Kennedy Speech On the evening of April 4, 1968, as more than a hundred cities erupted in violence following the murder of… Read More »Robert F. Kennedy Speech
U.S. v. Board of School Commissioners United States v. Board of School Commissioners of the City of Indianapolis, Indiana, was rooted in the U.S. Supreme Court’s… Read More »U.S. v. Board of School Commissioners
Vaughan v. Williams Singleton Vaughan, a Missouri slaveholder, purchased Sam, Mariah, and their child from a slave trader in 1836. In 1837, with… Read More »Vaughan v. Williams
Whitcomb v. Chavis In 1971 the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a 1969 U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals decision that had declared that… Read More »Whitcomb v. Chavis
