Religion and Race Race has been a public issue in Indianapolis from the city’s earliest years. Numerous state laws restricted the rights of… Read More »Religion and Race
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 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 (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 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 (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 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-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 Sikhism is a distinct religion and the fifth-largest in the world, with a following of over 35 million scattered across… Read More »Sikhs
