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
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
Buddhism Buddhism has had a visible presence in Indianapolis since at least the 1980s, with the number of temples and meditation… Read More »Buddhism
Ovid Butler (Feb. 7, 1801-July 12, 1881). Born in Augusta, New York, Butler moved to Jennings County, Indiana, in 1817. Although primarily… Read More »Ovid Butler