A Better Life For Their Children: Julius Rosenwald, Booker T. Washington, and the 4,978 Schools that Changed America
Virginia Museum of History & Culture 428 N. Arthur Ashe Boulevard, Richmond, VAJulius Rosenwald and Booker T. Washington forged one of the earliest collaborations between Jews and African Americans to create schools throughout the nation for Black children who had no access to publicly funded education. From 1912 to 1937, the Rosenwald schools program built thousands of schools, shops, and teacher’s homes across 15 Southern states. For ...