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As a result, his book and exhibit, both called, “A Better Life for Their Children: Julius Rosenwald, Booker T. Washington, ...
"Early in the school building program, Booker T. Washington sent Julius Rosenwald photographs like this of schoolchildren and teachers standing proudly in front of their schools. Rosenwald was ...
With Booker T. Washington’s help, Julius Rosenwald built 5,000 schools for Black students across 15 Southern states. Why do so few people know his name? Mostly, what Newell Quinton knew about his ...
Top Obama aide Valerie Jarrett, whose great-grandfather designed schools for Southern blacks in conjunction with the Jewish philanthropist Julius Rosenwald and others, spoke at the event.