African Americans

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Boniface Hardin

(Nov. 18, 1933- Mar. 24, 2012). Born James Dwight Randolph Hardin in Louisville, Kentucky, Boniface Hardin entered St. Meinrad Seminary… Read More »Boniface Hardin

Ada Harris

(Aug. 15, 1866- Sept. 12, 1927). Ada Harris was born in Campbell, Kentucky, to Robert Harris and Anna Tolliver. At… Read More »Ada Harris

Charles (Snookie) Hendricks

(Aug. 27, 1931-Mar. 18, 1997). Charles (Snookie) Hendricks was born and raised in Indianapolis. He lived in and attended .… Read More »Charles (Snookie) Hendricks

High Schools

Early in its history Indianapolis was dubbed the “railroad city,” because of its location at the intersection of several important… Read More »High Schools

Indianapolis Public Library

The best-known early efforts to foster reading and libraries in Indianapolis were the Union Sabbath School founded in 1823; the… Read More »Indianapolis Public Library

Ku Klux Klan

Based on white supremacist, anti-Catholic, and anti-Semitic beliefs, support for enforcement, and a wide range of traditional social, religious, and… Read More »Ku Klux Klan

Daisy Lloyd

(Oct. 15, 1923-May 15, 2019). Daisy Dorothy Riley Lloyd was born in Lawrence, Kansas, to Hiram and Nettie Henrie Riley.… Read More »Daisy Lloyd

Lynching of John Tucker

John Tucker became a victim of racially motivated violence in front of a crowd of almost 100 onlookers on West… Read More »Lynching of John Tucker

Lynching of William Keemer

William Keemer, the first Black man in Indiana lynched after the Civil War during Reconstruction, was born to James H.… Read More »Lynching of William Keemer

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