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
Mug-n-Bun Mug-n-Bun, located at 5211 W. 10th Street in , is one of Indianapolis’ oldest continuously operating drive-in restaurants. It opened… Read More »Mug-n-Bun
Murray Saltzman (Nov. 26, 1929 – Jan. 5, 2010). Murray Saltzman was the youngest of three sons born to Russian immigrant parents… Read More »Murray Saltzman
Newfields Newfields is a 152-acre campus that contains the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA), Oldfields, and 100 Acres Park. One of… Read More »Newfields
NOPAL Cultural NOPAL Cultural, formerly known as NOPAL Cultural Center is a Latino grassroots and volunteer-operated organization that began in December… Read More »NOPAL Cultural
Nrityangan Kathak Academy The Nrityangan Kathak Dance Academy, located in , Indiana, teaches the North Indian classical dance form of Kathak. It was founded… Read More »Nrityangan Kathak Academy
Pete Smith Pete Smith was a Black pioneer who is thought to be the first non-Native American to live in the area… Read More »Pete Smith
Purposeful Design Since 2013, Purposeful Design has worked to rebuild the lives of those people in Indianapolis struggling with addiction or homelessness… Read More »Purposeful Design
Raymond Province Crowe (May 30, 1915—Dec. 20, 2003). Ray Crowe coached to the first state basketball championship won by an all-Black school in… Read More »Raymond Province Crowe
Riverside Park Early History The area now occupied by Riverside Park was developed for agricultural use beginning in the 1820s. Although it… Read More »Riverside Park