Skip to content
Encyclopedia of Indianapolis
Browse
Encyclopedia of Indianapolis
Browse
  • All
  • People
  • Places
  • Events
  • Organizations
  • Topics
  • Publications
Explore
  • Timelines
  • Features
  • Exhibits
  • Atlas
  • Guides
  • Contributors
  • Index
About Us
  • Funders
  • Partners
  • Editorial
  • Contribute
  • User Guide
Have Suggestions?

Contribute to this page by emailing us your suggestions.

Suggest an Edit
SUBJECTS AND KEYWORDS
Home » African Americans » Page 7

African Americans

 
All African Americans Neighborhoods and Communities Women Performing Arts Civil Rights View More...
  • « Previous
  • 1
  • …
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • …
  • 36
  • Next »
Circle City Classic
Circle City Classic

Circle City Classic is a weekend celebration of African American achievements, culminating in an annual football match between two Historically… Read More »Circle City Classic

Citizens Forum
Citizens Forum

Begun as a citizens’ group in July 1964, the organizational meeting was coordinated by city councilmen Rufus Kuykendall, Rev. ,… Read More »Citizens Forum

Civil Rights
Civil Rights

The history of civil rights in Indianapolis is intertwined with that of the larger African American struggle for equality in… Read More »Civil Rights

James R. Coe
James R. Coe

(Mar. 20, 1921-Feb. 26, 2004). James R. Coe was born James R. West in Tompkinsville, Kentucky. William McKinley Coe adopted… Read More »James R. Coe

Community Heights
Community Heights

Community Heights is a neighborhood bounded by 21st Street to the north, 10th Street to the south, Arlington Avenue to… Read More »Community Heights

Composers

Even though Indianapolis is not known as a music center, it has been home to several noteworthy 20th-century composers, especially… Read More »Composers

Concerned Clergy of Indianapolis
Concerned Clergy of Indianapolis

A Ministerial association with the goal of mobilizing spiritual leadership to combat issues of racial, educational, and economic inequality and… Read More »Concerned Clergy of Indianapolis

Mattie Rice Coney
Mattie Rice Coney

(May 30, 1909-August 5, 1988). Mattie Rice Coney was an Indianapolis schoolteacher and Black civic leader who cofounded the in… Read More »Mattie Rice Coney

Harriette Bailey Conn
Harriette Bailey Conn

(Sept. 22, 1922- Aug. 21, 1981). Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Harriette Vesta Bailey Conn graduated from and Talladega College, where… Read More »Harriette Bailey Conn

Frances Berry Coston
Frances Berry Coston

(Mar. 1, 1876-July 19, 1960) Frances Berry Coston was born in Rockhold, Kentucky, located in Whitley County on the southeastern… Read More »Frances Berry Coston

  • « Previous
  • 1
  • …
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • …
  • 36
  • Next »
Encyclopedia of Indianapolis logo
A product of the Indianapolis Bicentennial effort (2020–21), the digital Encyclopedia of Indianapolis integrates and accesses the explosion and fragmentation of knowledge created both as born-digital information and as a large new digital archive.
Useful Links
Polis Center
Indianapolis Public Library
Have Suggestions?

Contribute to this page by emailing us your suggestions.

Suggest an Edit

Neve | Powered by WordPress

Neve | Powered by WordPress