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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 Prince Edward County, Virginia

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[https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/210596041.pdf FROM FORGOTTEN TO REMEMBERED: THE LONG PROCESS OF SCHOOL DESEGREGATION IN CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA AND PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, VIRGINIA]


Name Built[2][3] Location City Status[2][3] Note[2][3]
Farmville Training School 1927-28 South Main Street

37°17′34″N 78°23′41″W / 37.292890°N 78.394813°W / 37.292890; -78.394813 (Farmville Training School School)

Farmville standing, vacant Mary E. Branch School on site
Leigh's Mountain School 1925-26 unclear

37°08′35″N 78°21′45″W / 37.14319°N 78.36248°W / 37.14319; -78.36248 (Leigh's Mountain School) (vicinity)

standing, occupied, residence 2-teacher design;
Mercy Seat School 1927-28 7968 Abilene Rd

37°13′48″N 78°27′40″W / 37.23009°N 78.46118°W / 37.23009; -78.46118 (Mercy Seat School)

Farmville standing, store 3 Teacher EW Nashville 3; Called Granny B's market; 2 original chimneys.

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.