Emma Lou Thornbrough (Jan. 24, 1913-Dec. 19, 1994). A life-long civil-rights activist, a professor of history at from 1946 until her retirement in… Read More »Emma Lou Thornbrough
George Tompkins (Nov. 20, 1902-Mar. 16, 1922). George Tompkins was born in Frankfort, Kentucky, where his great-uncle and great-aunt Robert and Fannie… Read More »George Tompkins
Tuxedo Park and Grace Tuxedo Park These neighborhoods are bounded by 10th Street, Linwood Avenue, Sherman Avenue, and Washington Street. The area north of Michigan Street… Read More »Tuxedo Park and Grace Tuxedo Park
Twenty-eighth Regiment U.S. Colored Troops The Twenty-eighth Regiment U.S. Colored Troops was the only African American regiment raised in Indiana to serve in the Union… Read More »Twenty-eighth Regiment U.S. Colored Troops
U.S. v. Board of School Commissioners United States v. Board of School Commissioners of the City of Indianapolis, Indiana, was rooted in the U.S. Supreme Court’s… Read More »U.S. v. Board of School Commissioners
Unigov and Political Participation The 1969 reorganization of Indianapolis-Marion County local government known as Unigov had profound effects on patterns of political participation and… Read More »Unigov and Political Participation
Unigov and Service Delivery Some local public services in Marion County are provided countywide, others more nearly match the pre-Unigov “old city” of Indianapolis,… Read More »Unigov and Service Delivery
Vaughan v. Williams Singleton Vaughan, a Missouri slaveholder, purchased Sam, Mariah, and their child from a slave trader in 1836. In 1837, with… Read More »Vaughan v. Williams
Venerable Flackville The Flackville Neighborhood Association is a neighborhood organization bounded by 38th Street to the north, 16th Street to the south,… Read More »Venerable Flackville
Madam C. J. Walker (Dec. 23, 1867–May 25, 1919). Madam C. J. Walker arrived in Indianapolis in February 1910, attracted by its thriving business… Read More »Madam C. J. Walker
