African American Churches Churches have always occupied a central position within the Indianapolis African-American community. As the first institution that the Black community… Read More »African American Churches
Frank Alexander (June 21, 1943-Nov. 12, 2019). Frank Alexander grew up in Louisiana before his family moved to Fort Worth, Texas. Becoming… Read More »Frank Alexander
Episcopal Church of All Saints The parish known as All Saints was established under the name Grace Church in September 1864. It was the third… Read More »Episcopal Church of All Saints
Arthur M. Glick Jewish Community Center Established in 1914, the Jewish Community Center (JCC) was originally part of the and housed in the Federation’s Communal Building… Read More »Arthur M. Glick Jewish Community Center
Baptists About 50 million Baptists reside in the United States, distributed among several national bodies or conventions and a host of… Read More »Baptists
Henry Ward Beecher (June 24, 1813-Mar. 9, 1887). Beecher was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, son of the famous Presbyterian minister and revivalist Lyman… Read More »Henry Ward Beecher
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church In 1836, Augustus Turner, a local barber, organized a small group of African American Methodists into a congregation eventually known… Read More »Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church
George Joseph Biskup (Aug. 23, 1911-Oct. 17, 1979). Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, of Czech ancestry, Biskup was ordained in Rome on March… Read More »George Joseph Biskup
Andrew J. Brown (Nov. 20, 1921-Aug. 2, 1996). Born in Duncan, Mississippi, Andrew J. Brown attended the historically Black Bishop College in Marshall, Texas,… Read More »Andrew J. Brown
Moses Broyles (ca. 1826-Aug. 31, 1882). Broyles was born an enslaved person near Centerville, Maryland, and sold to a master in Kentucky.… Read More »Moses Broyles
