Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Time: 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Campus: Dayton
Location: Zoom - Register at Link Below
This article, written by Marion Wright Edelman, founder and President emerita of the Children's Defense Fund, shares the history of philanthropist Julius Rosenwald (President of Sears, Roebuck) who partnered with Tuskegee Institute's Booker T. Washington to fund the construction of nearly 5,000 schools for Black children across 15 Southern states, requiring local communities to raise matching funds and labor.
By 1928, one in three rural Black schoolchildren in the South attended a Rosenwald school, and the article traces how these buildings — once central community hubs — were largely abandoned after school integration, and are now being reclaimed and preserved as historic landmarks.
A Zoom link and a copy of the article will be forwarded after registering.
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Time: 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Campus: Dayton
Location: Zoom - Register at Link Below
This article, written by Marion Wright Edelman, founder and President emerita of the Children's Defense Fund, shares the history of philanthropist Julius Rosenwald (President of Sears, Roebuck) who partnered with Tuskegee Institute's Booker T. Washington to fund the construction of nearly 5,000 schools for Black children across 15 Southern states, requiring local communities to raise matching funds and labor.
By 1928, one in three rural Black schoolchildren in the South attended a Rosenwald school, and the article traces how these buildings — once central community hubs — were largely abandoned after school integration, and are now being reclaimed and preserved as historic landmarks.
A Zoom link and a copy of the article will be forwarded after registering.