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South Carolina Rosenwald Schools
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Identifier: AMN 1152
Abstract
The Rosenwald Schools Initiative was founded by Tuskegee Institute founder, Booker T. Washington and Sears and Roebuck Co. president, Julius Rosenwald in 1912. Washington saw the need to build schools for African Americans, particularly in rural areas across the South and Rosenwald was looking for a charitable opportunity to support and expressed interest in the plight of the Black community. Although Washington passed away in late 1915, the Rosenwald Fund went on to support the creation of...
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1912-2005; undated
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- African American churches -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American churches -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Photographs 1
- African American fraternal organizations 1
- African American fraternal organizations -- 20th century -- Photographs 1
- African American fraternal organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American photographers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs 1
- African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs 1
- African Americans -- Education 1
- African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina 1
- African Americans -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs 1
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 19th century 1
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 1
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social conditions 1
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs 1
- Buildings -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Fraternal organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Fraternal organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Photographs 1
- Fund raising 1
- Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 1
- Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969 -- Photographs 1
- Rosenwald schools 1
- Rosenwald schools -- South Carolina 1
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- Avery Normal Institute 1
- Avery Research Center 1
- Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 1
- Rosenwald, Julius, 1862-1932 1
- Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915 1
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