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  1. 5 days ago · The Virginia Museum of History & Culture explores the transformative impact of this program during a special exhibition “A Better Life for Their Children: Julius Rosenwald, Booker T. Washington, and the 4,978 Schools That Changed America,” on view through April 20, 2025. “Before they met, the two men were already nationally famous and ...

  2. 1 day ago · This work formed the basis of an award-winning book and a traveling exhibition “A Better Life for Their Children: Julius Rosenwald, Booker T. Washington, and the 4,978 Schools That Changed America.” The exhibition’s cornerstone are 26 photographs taken by Andrew Feiler, along with his stories of Rosenwald schools and their communities.

  3. 4 days ago · 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.

  4. 3 days ago · From 1920 to 1931, he was a Julius Rosenwald Fellow in Biology of the National Research Council and worked in Europe when racial discrimination hindered his opportunities in the United States. Just authored two books, Basic Methods for Experiments on Eggs of Marine Animals, and The Biology of the Cell Surface both in 1939. During this time ...

  5. 4 days ago · This school was one of four Rosenwald Schools in Pamlico County to receive partial funding and assistance from the Rosenwald Fund, an educational project established by Booker T. Washington, President of the Tuskegee Institute, and Julius Rosenwald, President of Sears Roebuck.

  6. 3 days ago · In 1917, Clay became the Tennessee Building Agent for the Julius Rosenwald Fund, which built schools for African Americans in the South. In just 20 years, the Rosenwald Fund supported the building of 5,300 schools in fifteen states, and Clay raised the matching funds, labor, and community support to build 354 schools in Tennessee.

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  8. 5 days ago · This practice began with one of the earliest major foundations, the Julius Rosenwald Foundation (funded by the founder of Sears, Roebuck), which shut down in 1948 after having helped fund education for African Americans in the South.

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