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Rosenwald Schools

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The Rosenwald School project built more than 5,000 schools, shops, and teacher homes in the United States primarily for the education of African-American children in the South during the early 20th century. The project was the product of the partnership of Julius Rosenwald, a Jewish-American clothier who became part-owner and president of Sears, Roebuck, and Company and the African-American leader, educator, and philanthropist Booker T. Washington, who was president of the Tuskegee Institute.[1]

Rosenwald schools in King William County, Virginia

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Name Built[2][3] Location City Status[2][3] Note[2][3]
County Training School 1922-23 18627 King William Road King William standing, vacant National Register-listed, 4-room school, home economics building, shop building, privies and a baseball field
Mt. Olive school 1926-27 2439 Mt. Olive Cohoke Road King William standing, occupied 3-teacher
Rucker school vicinity of 4610 Dorrell Road Beulahville demolished

References

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  1. ^ Deutsch, Stephanie (2015). You Need a Schoolhouse: Booker T. Washington, Julius Rosenwald, and the Building of Schools for the Segregated South. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press. ISBN 0-8101-3127-7.
  2. ^ a b c "Rosenwald School Architectural Survey". Preservation Virginia. Preservation Virginia. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Fisk University Rosenwald Fund Card File Database". Fisk University. Retrieved 27 February 2022.