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Cheney Lively
(ca. 1790s-1858). Cheney Lively (also spelled Chaney, Chany, China, or Chinny) may have been the city’s first permanent African American… Read More »Cheney Lively
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Woollen’s Garden
Woollen’s Garden of Birds and Botany, its formal name, is a 55-acre city park that includes a 38-acre state-dedicated nature… Read More »Woollen’s Garden
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Robert F. Kennedy Speech
On the evening of April 4, 1968, as more than a hundred cities erupted in violence following the murder of… Read More »Robert F. Kennedy Speech
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Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church
In 1869, a small group of seven or eight people left Lick Creek Baptist Church, established in in 1826, and… Read More »Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church
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Public Health
Early Indianapolis residents lived under conditions that led to frequent bouts of malaria, typhoid fever, and cholera. Families were often… Read More »Public Health