Success Stories
"We Were All Brothers." Dan's Story
When Dan was at Boys Town in the 1950s, it was uncommon to see people from different walks of life treated the same. But Boys Town stood apart. Young men, no matter their background or circumstances, were treated respectfully and given an equal opportunity to improve their lives. Today, those same principles continue to guide its mission.
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Dan: At Boys Town, we had Indian friends of mine, Hispanic friends, there were Black friends, I mean it was a complete mixture. But we didn’t see color. The only time we saw color was when had passes in high school and we’d go into town. Then we’d see how some of our classmates were treated by other people because they weren’t white. And that kind of disturbed us, because when we were at the home everybody was the same, that’s just the way it was. We didn’t see diversity, we just saw who we were.
