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JULIUS ROSENWALD, BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, AND THE 4,978 SCHOOLS THAT CHANGED AMERICA

ON DISPLAY from now until April 20, 2025 at Virginia Museum of History & Culture (VMHC) located at 428 N Arthur Ashe Boulevard in Richmond, is an exhibit on the Rosenwald Schools. The Rosenwald Schools provided a public education for Black students across the South during Jim Crow. There are 17 still standing in Virginia.

In many locations, they were the only schools that Black children could attend. In Virginia, 382 Rosenwald buildings were constructed in 86 counties and 4 cities between 1917 and 1932. Between 1912 and 1937, the Rosenwald program created 4,978 schools across 15 Southern states. The schools often were named after local places and individuals, but collectively were referred to as “Rosenwald schools.”

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