Willie Gardner (Oct. 30, 1933-Sept. 28, 2000). William “Willie” Gardner was born in Pulaski, Tennessee, the only child of Versie Coleman and… Read More »Willie Gardner
Robert Lee Gholson Jr. (Jan. 23, 1931-Dec. 7, 1993). A native of Aberdeen, Mississippi, Robert Lee Gholson moved with his family to Gary, Indiana,… Read More »Robert Lee Gholson Jr.
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
Grand Body Of The Sisters Of Charity The Grand Body of the Sisters of Charity (GBSC), not to be confused with Catholic women’s religious orders with a… Read More »Grand Body Of The Sisters Of Charity
Erroll Grandy (Jan. 1, 1918-June 12, 1991). Erroll Grandy was a pianist affectionately nicknamed the “godfather of Indianapolis jazz” in deference to… Read More »Erroll Grandy
Grave Robbing Early medical schools, such as the Indiana Medical College and the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons, were freestanding, private… Read More »Grave Robbing
Greenlawn Cemetery Several interconnected cemeteries formed the original Greenlawn Cemetery just outside the newly organized city limits of Indianapolis. Though it once… Read More »Greenlawn Cemetery
Shirley Griffith (Apr. 26, 1908 -June 18, 1974). A native of Brandon, Mississippi, Griffith learned to play the guitar at age 10.… Read More »Shirley Griffith
Lillian Haydon Childress Hall (Feb. 24, 1889–Apr. 23, 1958). Born in Louisville, Kentucky, to George and Elizabeth Wintersmith Haydon, Lillian Childress Hall became Indiana’s… Read More »Lillian Haydon Childress Hall
Hampton Sisters Aletra Hampton (Oct. 8, 1915 – Nov. 13, 2007); Carmelita Hampton (Nov. 16, 1916 – May 16, 1987); Virtue Hampton… Read More »Hampton Sisters
