The same year that Pewabic Pottery was founded in Detroit in 1903, Booker T. Washington gave an address there. It was a place with inequality and de facto segregation. He described the condition of Black residents in Detroit by acknowledging that they “desire simply the opportunity for development,” according to Detroit’s Free Press. This context shows that while Pewabic remains a testament to its progressive founding by a woman during the American Studio Craft (ASC) Movement, strides and setbacks were not mutually exclusive.
