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Rosenwald Schools

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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 Princess Anne County, Virginia

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(note: Princess Anne County was merged into the city of Virginia Beach on January 1, 1963, ceasing to exist)

Name Built[2][3] Location City Status[2][3] Note[2][3]
St. Johns School 1921-22 Pleasure House Road and Thoroughgood Square

36°53′49″N 76°08′20″W / 36.89683°N 76.13881°W / 36.89683; -76.13881 (St. Johns School)

Virginia Beach demolished 2-teacher design

References

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  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.