As I continue doing all of this research on the history of Terre Haute, it has become apparent to me just how much I've been surrounded with my whole life and had no idea about. Throughout my high school years some of my best friends were attending Booker T. Washington High School and I knew nothing about it. I didn't realize that it was built as a school for African Americans following the Plessy vs. Ferguson case that allowed for "seperate but equal" public accomodations. Unfortunately, the seperation took place while the equal part took a little longer. This school still stands today on South 13th St. in Terre Haute, Indiana and is now open to students of any race, color, or nationality.
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