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African Americans

 
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Green Book
Green Book

Victor Hugo Green, Harlem, New York postal worker turned travel writer, published The Negro Motorist Green Book, also known as… Read More »Green Book

Greenlawn Cemetery
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
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
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
Hampton Sisters

Aletra Hampton (Oct. 8, 1915 – Nov. 13, 2007); Carmelita Hampton (Nov. 16, 1916 – May 16, 1987); Virtue Hampton… Read More »Hampton Sisters

Boniface Hardin
Boniface Hardin

(Nov. 18, 1933- Mar. 24, 2012). Born James Dwight Randolph Hardin in Louisville, Kentucky, Boniface Hardin entered St. Meinrad Seminary… Read More »Boniface Hardin

John Wesley Hardrick
John Wesley Hardrick

(Sept. 21, 1891-Oct. 18, 1968). Born in Indianapolis, African American artist John Wesley Hardrick attended Harriet Beecher Stowe Public School,… Read More »John Wesley Hardrick

Jerry Harkness
Jerry Harkness

(May 7, 1940-Aug. 24, 2021). Jerald (Jerry) Harkness was born in Harlem, New York, to Lindsey and Lucille (Bailey) Harkness.… Read More »Jerry Harkness

Ada Harris
Ada Harris

(Aug. 15, 1866- Sept. 12, 1927). Ada Harris was born in Campbell, Kentucky, to Robert Harris and Anna Tolliver. At… Read More »Ada Harris

Haughville
Haughville

Haughville is a westside neighborhood roughly bounded by 10th Street, Belmont Avenue, Michigan and Vermont streets, and Tibbs Avenue. First… Read More »Haughville

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