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The local Orthodox Friends Meeting, the main branch of the Society of Friends (Quakers), founds the institution which is the only orphanage in the state and one of only a handful in the country to care for African American children. 

Two infants in a crib outside the Indianapolis Asylum for Friendless Colored Children, ca. 1923
Revised September 2022
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