. The Negro in Chicago; a study of race relations and a race riot. tage of Negro children in the two schools, according to figuresgiven by the principal. It appears from this that the principal, who is abeliever in separate schools, places the large majority of the Negro childrenin Fuller School. Negroes in the vicinity say that Fuller School is run downand neglected, that the staff of teachers is below the average, that the schoolhas no playground of its own but must use the one at Felsenthal, and that allthe unmanageable children are sent there from Felsenthal. It is also believedby these Ne
. The Negro in Chicago; a study of race relations and a race riot. tage of Negro children in the two schools, according to figuresgiven by the principal. It appears from this that the principal, who is abeliever in separate schools, places the large majority of the Negro childrenin Fuller School. Negroes in the vicinity say that Fuller School is run downand neglected, that the staff of teachers is below the average, that the schoolhas no playground of its own but must use the one at Felsenthal, and that allthe unmanageable children are sent there from Felsenthal. It is also believedby these Negroes that Fuller is used as a feeder for the other schools in theneighborhoods where there are fewer Negro children. The points in regard to physical equipment stressed by a district super-intendent in the area containing the largest number of schools attendedmainly by Negroes were: date of erection, an assembly hall located on themain floor, gymnasium, and, in the congested districts, bathroom and lunch-room. Table XI shows such facts concerning these RACIAL CONTACTS 243 It will be noted that only five of these schools, or 23 per cent, were builtsince 1900, and four of these five are in sections where the Negro populationis less than 25 per cent. The ten schools serving the largest percentage ofNegroes were built, one in 1856, one in 1867, seven between 1880 and 1889,and one between 1890 and 1899. Of the 235 white schools 133, or 56 per cent,were built after 1899. TABLE XI Physical Equipment of Twenty-two Schools Attended Largely by Negroes* School Date ofErection T nration c\i Assembly Hall Spna vn ft* Gymnasium Bathroom Lunchroom 1887 None None Yes Yes 1907 First floor Yes None None Doolittle 1885 Third floor Combined None None 1889 Third floor Combined None None Drake 1900 None None None None Emerson 1884 None None None None Farren 1898 Third floor Combined Yes Yes Felsenthal 1901 Third floor Combined None None Forrestville 1896 First floor Yes None None Fuller 1
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