Babe Denny Babe Denny is a near southside community bordered by South Street, Madison Avenue, Morris Street, and West Street. Settlement of… Read More »Babe Denny
Robert Bruce Bagby Robert Bruce Bagby was born on September 3, 1846 in Virginia to formerly enslaved parents who had purchased their freedom.… Read More »Robert Bruce Bagby
Robert L. Bailey Born on June 29, 1885 in Florence, Alabama, Bailey attended public schools before graduating from Talladega College in 1906. In… Read More »Robert L. Bailey
David Nathaniel Baker Born on December 21, 1931 in Indianapolis, David Baker was an extraordinarily accomplished American jazz composer, conductor, musician, and professor… Read More »David Nathaniel Baker
Emma Christy Baker Emma Christy was born on February 10, 1865 in Salem, Washington County, Indiana, to William W. Christy and Hester Shrewsberry. … Read More »Emma Christy Baker
Carolyn (Carrie) Barnes Carrie Barnes was born on April 20, 1883 in Kentucky to Lillie Peters and Charles Henry Barnes. When she was… Read More »Carolyn (Carrie) Barnes
Baseball Baseball was the most popular sport in Indianapolis long before racing, , and . Although one of the nation’s largest… Read More »Baseball
Basketball While particulars of the first basketball game played in Indianapolis have not been established, a game likely transpired at the… Read More »Basketball
James Franklin Baskett James Franklin Baskett was born on Feb. 16, 1904, in Indianapolis and attended Arsenal Technical High School. Though he aspired… Read More »James Franklin Baskett
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church In 1836, Augustus Turner, a local barber, organized a small group of African American Methodists into a congregation eventually known… Read More »Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church
