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Demography and Ethnicity

 
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Mary Rigg

(Oct. 1, 1887-June 19, 1971). Mary Rigg was born on a farm in Grinnell, Kansas. She and her family moved… Read More »Mary Rigg

Romanians

Immigrants from Romania began arriving in the United States during the late 19th century. Settling primarily in urban industrial areas,… Read More »Romanians

Sam’s Subway
Sam’s Subway

Sam Hochman established Sam’s Subway in the basement of the Lafayette Court apartments at 28th and Meridian streets in June… Read More »Sam’s Subway

Alexander Sangernebo
Alexander Sangernebo

(May 1, 1856-Jan. 22, 1930). Alexander Sangernebo was responsible for most of the architectural terra cotta ornamentation in Indianapolis before… Read More »Alexander Sangernebo

SAVI Indianapolis Racial Equity Report Card 
SAVI Indianapolis Racial Equity Report Card 

SAVI is a program of the Polis Center, a research unit in the Indiana University Luddy School of Informatics, Computing,… Read More »SAVI Indianapolis Racial Equity Report Card 

Adolf Scherrer
Adolf Scherrer

(Aug. 30, 1847-Feb. 13, 1925). Born in St. Gallen, Switzerland, Adolf Scherrer studied in Vienna and Budapest before immigrating to… Read More »Adolf Scherrer

Serbs
Serbs

Bookkeeper John Peterson (Jovan Perich, 1886-1978) was the first Serbian immigrant to arrive in Indianapolis from Prizren in Old Serbia… Read More »Serbs

Shapiro’s Delicatessen
Shapiro’s Delicatessen

Shapiro’s delicatessen-cafeteria began as a storefront grocery at 1032 South Illinois Street. Louis Shapiro and his family escaped violent attacks… Read More »Shapiro’s Delicatessen

Sikhs
Sikhs

Sikhism is a distinct religion and the fifth-largest in the world, with a following of over 35 million scattered across… Read More »Sikhs

Slovenian National Home
Slovenian National Home

who were less interested in religion–socialists, freethinkers, and anticlericals–organized the Slovenski Narodni Dom (Slovenian National Home) as a counterweight to… Read More »Slovenian National Home

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