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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 ...
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.
1 day ago · Called the Rosenwald program, schools were established for Black children who were denied opportunities for state funded education. The exhibit, “A Better Life for Their Children: Julius Rosenwald, Booker T. Washington, and the 4,978 Schools That Changed America” opened on will be on May 25, 2024 and runs to April 20, 2025.
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.
5 days ago · These schools were created by philanthropist Julius Rosenwald in 1912 to help Black students in the segregated rural South. But some of those buildings are now more than or nearly 100 years old. Others, like the Ellis Acres Park in Buckingham County, have been altered into something completely different.
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 ...
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3 days ago · From 1917 to 1932 the Julius Rosenwald Foundation set up 5,357 public schools for blacks. He funded numerous hospitals for blacks in the South as well as 24 YMCA's; he was a major contributor to the NAACP and the National Urban League.
