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
Harvey Nathaniel Middleton (Feb. 15, 1895-Mar. 18, 1978). Born in Denmark, South Carolina, Middleton graduated from Benedict College in 1919. After a brief… Read More »Harvey Nathaniel Middleton
Midtown The neighborhood colloquially known as Midtown is a historically African American neighborhood bounded by 16th Street, Dr. Martin Luther King… Read More »Midtown
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
The Mind Trust The Mind Trust is an Indianapolis-based, education nonprofit organization. It aims to provide every Indianapolis student access to an excellent… Read More »The Mind Trust
Minority- and Women-Owned Auto Dealerships Well into the 20th century, ownership of franchise automobile dealerships was almost exclusively the domain of white males. Indianapolis fit… Read More »Minority- and Women-Owned Auto Dealerships
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
John Leslie (Wes) Montgomery (Mar. 6, 1923-June 15, 1968). Born John Leslie Montgomery in Indianapolis, Montgomery took up the guitar in 1943, joining the… Read More »John Leslie (Wes) Montgomery
William Howard (Monk) Montgomery (Oct. 10, 1921-May 20, 1982). William Howard “Monk” Montgomery was born in Indianapolis. Monk, a member of the musical Montgomery… Read More »William Howard (Monk) Montgomery
Wilma Lee Gibbs Moore (Mar. 21, 1951-Apr. 18, 2018). Wilma Gibbs Moore, the daughter of William Joseph and Tessie Arlene Gibbs, was born in… Read More »Wilma Lee Gibbs Moore
