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3 days ago · May 28, 2024 •. Germaine Foo , Virginia Museum of History & Culture. Sponsored by a RICtoday Partner. The Rosenwald program helped educate Black children during the Jim Crow era. Photos by Andrew Feiler. Table of Contents. The impact, by the numbers. Quiz. Did you know?
May 24, 2024 · A new exhibit at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture honors the legacy of the Rosenwald Schools, which helped educate Black children during a time of deep racial inequalities in public...
6 days ago · Updated: May 24, 2024 / 10:47 AM EDT. RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A new exhibition showcasing the history and legacy of Rosenwald schools across the country and in Virginia opens on Saturday, May 25th...
May 6, 2024 · Virginia Museum of History & Culture honors legacy of Rosenwald School Program in new exhibition. 1 hr ago. RICHMOND – 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 ...
6 days ago · This exhibition explores the history and legacy of one of the most transformative educational initiatives in American history forged by Booker T. Washington, a Black educator, and Julius Rosenwald, a Jewish businessman and philanthropist.
May 10, 2024 · Though Rosenwald didn’t graduate high school, his success as a businessman enabled him to participate in philanthropic causes. A meeting with Washington in 1911 led to his donation of $25,000 to ...
May 10, 2024 · by City of Annapolis May 10, 2024. ANNAPOLIS, Md. – During the time of segregation in public education in America, Julius Rosenwald, the owner of Sears Roebuck, worked with educator and author ...
