What Can We Learn From it Today? In the early 20th century, a transformative movement quietly took root in America’s rural South, shaping the educational and economic future of African American families. This movement centered around the Rosenwald Schools, modest one-, two-, and three-teacher buildings that exclusively served over 700,000 Black children between 1917 and 1932.
This Educational Experiment Trained a Generation of Future Civil Rights Leaders
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In partnership with the Southeast Regional Coalition for University-Assisted Community Schools and the North Carolina Community Schools Coalition, a team of students will map the Rosenwald Schools across the Black Belt region of North Carolina. Students will mine for data that highlights historic assets of Black community while drawing correlations...