Rosenwald
The Rosenwald Schools by Aviva Kempner is a documentary about how Chicago philanthropist Julius Rosenwald, the son of an immigrant peddler who rose to head Sears, partnered with Booker T. Washington to build 5,400 Southern schools in African American communities in the early 1900s during the Jim Crow era.
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Rosenwald
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Status
Released
Release Date
Apr 19, 2015
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Documentary
Original Title
Rosenwald
Production Companies
Ciesla Foundation
Director
Aviva Kempner
Description
The Rosenwald Schools by Aviva Kempner is a documentary about how Chicago philanthropist Julius Rosenwald, the son of an immigrant peddler who rose to head Sears, partnered with Booker T. Washington to build 5,400 Southern schools in African American communities in the early 1900s during the Jim Crow era.
