Rosenwald Schools Remembered At Virginia Museum Of History And Culture
In 1912, Booker T. Washington and Julius Rosenwald teamed up, forming a partnership that would lead to the creation of 4,978 schools across the South.
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In 1912, Booker T. Washington and Julius Rosenwald teamed up, forming a partnership that would lead to the creation of 4,978 schools across the South.
The Rosenwald Schools program educated America's Black children during a time of deep racial inequalities in public schools.
The Virginia Museum of History & Culture will unveil a new exhibition on Saturday that celebrates the Rosenwald Schools program, a network of nearly 5,000 schools across the segregated South
In 1911, Booker T. Washington met Julius Rosenwald. This meeting between the leading Black educator in America and the president of the world’s largest department store—Sears, Roebuck and Company—would be the foundation of the Rosenwald Schools. The institutions transformed education for hundreds of thousands of Black children in the segregated South.
In 1911, Booker T. Washington met Julius Rosenwald. This meeting between the leading Black educator in America and the president of the worlds l