The Story of the Rosenwald Schools Program

The initiative begins in 19 12 with a pilot of six schools, all built close to tuskegee. Booker t washington has photographs made of the students and teachers standing in front of their schools,. And he sends them to julius rosewald, who is so moved that he is committing to expand the programme. In 19 37, president roosevelt calls up edwin embry at the fund and says, i'd like a rosenwald school in merryweather county, georgia - near his home in warm springs. The black community makes its contribution as does the westerly part of mery County; it's called eleanor roosesporters' school.