Froebel School
This file appears in: The Experience of Manual Laborers: At the Bottom of the Rail in Gary
The Froebel School circa 1916. Both Black and white students attended the school, though Black students were segregated and excluded from many facilities and extracurricular activities.
This file appears in: The Experience of Manual Laborers: At the Bottom of the Rail in Gary
The Experience of Manual Laborers: At the Bottom of the Rail in Gary
In 1910, 49.1% of Gary’s population was born outside the U.S. 71% of the population was either foreign-born or born in the U.S. with at least one parent who was born outside the U.S. Most of the manual workers at Gary Works were immigrants from…