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Rosenwald schools broke down barriers, providing education for rural Black students in Tennessee
WKRN articles via Yahoo News· 4 months ago"The term Rosenwald schools really refers to about 5,000 public schools for Black students in the...
Celebrating the impact of Rosenwald Schools: Brooks Avenue School alumni to host reunion
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCelebrating the impact of Rosenwald Schools: Brooks Avenue School alumni to host reunion George R....
Of Sears and schools: The life and work of Julius Rosenwald | Opinion
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe dynamic business Rosenwald created was Sears. The schools he built were the Rosenwald Schools,...
Lexington’s Black rural hamlets are fading away. How city is trying to preserve history
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Rosenwald-Washington school in Cadentown is the only Rosenwald school left in Fayette County. It...
Iconic piece of Charlotte’s Black history to be preserved forever. First, it has to move.
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 10 months agoSeveral years ago, a group of citizens put their heads together on how to save an iconic piece of...
In Seminole County, a Black community will finally get a promised community center
Orlando Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAfter more than a decade of promises to the historic Black community of East Altamonte, Seminole...
Historic Siloam School soon to open its doors to public
WSOC via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe Siloam School is one of the remaining Rosenwald schools built in the early 20th century across...
US senators urge Biden to create national monument to honor Springfield philanthropist
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 3 months agoU.S. Sen. Dick Durbin has authored a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to employ his...
Fun facts about Madison County Schools
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 10 months agoMARSHALL - Madison County Schools students were welcomed back to the classroom Aug. 21. Mars Hill's Anderson Rosenwald School is the only school of its...
ABQ's historic Rosenwald Building got its start as a turn-of-the-century department store
Albuquerque Journal, N.M. via Yahoo News· 6 months agoDec. 22—The city announced recently that it would establish a police substation at Fourth and Central Avenue inside a vacant building bearing the name Rosenwald. One glance and it's obvious ...