Chapter 23 titled, "The Supreme Court Will Some Day..." mentions town of Gary and case. Not all pages are available but from what I can make out, there were strikes by white students regarding colored

Chapter 23 titled, "The Supreme Court Will Some Day..." mentions town of Gary and case. Not all pages are available but from what I can make out, there were strikes by white students regarding colored students at their school (for segregation). No strikers were charged and their demands were met and $15k was used to enhance colored school on Virgina Street and $600k for new school. All Black students, except for six seniors (one being case relatrix, Alberta Cheeks). Wirt was the school superintendent who had gained national attention "as a progressive innovator." Gary schools were mostly segregated. Strike started at Emerson because 18 sophomores transferred from Virgina street; White parents did not want Emerson to be like Froebel. Emerson was basically White middle-class, Protestant students while Froebel demographic was Black Americans and the White students were workign-class immigrants. Indianna NAACP branch brought Black community together and urged them to sue for their rights. Alberta Cheeks and her sister, Earlene, testified they had to attend a school in Chicago for college prep. Wirt insisited they were transferred due to overcrowding and that Virgina Street was a great school. Little money was raised for the suit because hope was lost and the Black community in Gary had accepted their reality of segregation.