Impact of Rosenwald schools on education and how they changed the lives of Black Americans

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Impact of Rosenwald schools on education and how they changed the lives of Black Americans – CBS News

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Built between 1912 and 1973, Rosenwald schools provided an opportunitiy for hundreds of thousands of poor African Americans to be educated in the segregated South. Their construction has been called one of the most effective philanthropic endeavors of the 20th century. But the story of the school and their benefactor remain largely unknown today.

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