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Rosenwald Schools educated generations of Black Americans. Now, graduates are fighting to preserve...
CNN via Yahoo News· 5 months agoRosenwald Schools were essential to educating Black children in the rural South at a time when...
Rosenwald Schools helped educate Black students in segregated South. Could a national park follow?
theGrio via AOL· 11 months agoSouth Carolina’s governor is scheduled to visit the renovated Rosenwald School in St. George on...
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...
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....
Tennessee-based nonprofit to revitalize segregation-era school, turn into public landmark
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAs 85-year-old Georgia Harris looked at the land and historic buildings that will soon become...
Historic African American school successfully moved to Franklin
WKRN articles via Yahoo News· 5 months agoFRANKLIN, Tenn. (WKRN) — In the early hours of Friday, Georgia Harris was up waiting and reminiscing...
Exhibit, panel planned as segregation-era Lee-Buckner School readies for Franklin move
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA new photography exhibit and roundtable discussion is being planned as the last remaining Rosenwald...
Could more be done? Restoration of school from Lake's segregated past needs funding
Daily Commercial via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA GoFundMe campaign so far has raised $3,600 of the $250,000 needed to make Okahumpka's Rosenwald...
Franklin Grove arts campus gets $300K grant, approval to relocate historic school
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWilliamson County continues to preserve its many historic structures. The latest forward momentum...
Historical marker honors Fort Mill school that served Black students during segregation
WSOC via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Fort Mill History Museum dedicated a historical marker Monday for a school that served Black...