- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Rosenwald schools
- Creator:
- Jones, Beverly
- Date of Original:
- 2005-05-06
- Subject:
- Philanthropists--Illinois--Chicago
Julius Rosenwald Fund
African American schools--Georgia
African Americans--Education--Georgia
African Americans--Segregation--Georgia
Rural schools--Georgia
Segregation in education--Georgia - People:
- Rosenwald, Julius, 1862-1932
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the Rosenwald Schools. The Rural School Building Program of the Julius Rosenwald Fund provided financial grants for the construction of public schools for African Americans throughout the South. The fund was established in 1917, but Julius Rosenwald began giving money for schools as early as 1912. Between 1912 and 1932, contributions from the Rosenwald Fund helped to build 4,977 new schools for African Americans in fifteen southern states. In Georgia 242 schools were constructed with the aid of Rosenwald funds, and 103 of the state's counties had at least one Rosenwald school (Georgia had 146 counties from 1912 to 1923, and 161 counties from 1924 to 1932).
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/rosenwald-schools/
- Language:
- eng
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- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
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