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Rosenwald Schools[edit]

The Rosenwald School project built more than 5,000 schools, shops, and teacher homes in the United States primarily for the education of African-American children in the South during the early 20th century. The project was the product of the partnership of Julius Rosenwald, a Jewish-American clothier who became part-owner and president of Sears, Roebuck, and Company and the African-American leader, educator, and philanthropist Booker T. Washington, who was president of the Tuskegee Institute.[1]

Rosenwald schools in Grayson County, Virginia[edit]

Name Built[2][3] Location City Status[2][3] Note[2][3]
Independence School 245 Tinywood Road

36°43′47″N 81°10′18″W / 36.72984°N 81.17175°W / 36.72984; -81.17175 (Independence School)

Elk Creek demolished 2-teacher design; The school was located in the yard area left of Cross Road Church in Elk Creek.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Deutsch, Stephanie (2015). You Need a Schoolhouse: Booker T. Washington, Julius Rosenwald, and the Building of Schools for the Segregated South. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press. ISBN 0-8101-3127-7.
  2. ^ a b c "Rosenwald School Architectural Survey". Preservation Virginia. Preservation Virginia. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Fisk University Rosenwald Fund Card File Database". Fisk University. Retrieved 27 February 2022.