The Theodore Roosevelt High School Foundation says these upgrades will create a "21st-century learning environment." Construction is expected to start in March and wrap up next summer.

Theodore Roosevelt High School, 730 W. 25th Ave., was one of three high schools in Indiana built specifically to serve the educational needs of Black Americans in the Jim Crow era.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation has named Theodore Roosevelt High School — more commonly known as Gary Roosevelt — to its 2024 list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places.

Theodore Roosevelt High School alumni have kept its greatness alive even as it sits like a vacant shell of black and gold glory days past. A strong undercurrent of pride guides efforts to honor ...