Ransom Place Ransom Place is a historic African American neighborhood bounded by 10th Street to the North, St. Clair Street to the… Read More »Ransom Place
Freeman Briley Ransom (July 7, 1884-Aug. 6, 1947). Born in Grenada, Mississippi, Ransom graduated from the law department of Walden University in Nashville,… Read More »Freeman Briley Ransom
Willard B. (Mike) Ransom (May 17, 1916-Nov. 7, 1995). Willard B. (Mike) Ransom was the son of Indianapolis African American lawyer and civic leader… Read More »Willard B. (Mike) Ransom
George Rawls (June 2, 1928-May 16, 2020). Born in Gainesville, Florida, George Rawls graduated as the valedictorian from Florida A&M University. He… Read More »George Rawls
William Theodore (W. T.) Ray (Mar. 20, 1916 -Dec. 17, 2010). The first accredited Black real estate agent and the first African American to hold… Read More »William Theodore (W. T.) Ray
Reagan Park Reagan Park is a neighborhood bounded by 25th Street to the north, 22nd Street to the south, Monon Trail to… Read More »Reagan Park
Religion and Race Race has been a public issue in Indianapolis from the city’s earliest years. Numerous state laws restricted the rights of… Read More »Religion and Race
Willis R. Revels (1810-Mar. 6, 1879). Born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, to free parents, Willis R. Revels first came to Indiana when he… Read More »Willis R. Revels
Henry J. Richardson Jr. (June 21, 1902-Dec. 5, 1983). Born in Huntsville, Alabama, Richardson came to Indianapolis in his teens to study at ,… Read More »Henry J. Richardson Jr.
Roselyn C. Richardson (Aug. 23, 1913-July 8, 2005). African American equal rights activist Roselyn Comer Richardson was born in Roberta, Georgia, in 1913.… Read More »Roselyn C. Richardson
