[1] Foster School was a de facto segregated school in Evanston, Illinois named after Northwestern University president Randolph Sinks Foster.

Founded in 1903 and opened in 1905, Foster School began with a one hundred percent white student body and faculty, but by 1945 it was nearly one hundred percent African American.

[3] The Foster School Reunion collection is housed at the Shorefront Legacy Center in Evanston, Illinois.

[4] In 1967, Foster School transitioned into the Martin Luther King Jr.

This project integrated its schools while improving educational opportunities for Evanston's African-American children.