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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 Buckingham County, Virginia

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Location of Buckingham County in Virginia
Name Built[2][3] Location City Status[2][3] Note[2][3]
Liberty School 1926-27

37°40′09″N 78°17′23″W / 37.6690341°N 78.2897234°W / 37.6690341; -78.2897234 (Liberty School)

Campbell Corner standing, residence 2 Teacher A NS Nashville 20A; Right off Carter G. Woodson Road; used for small school groups and as a guest house
Shop at Dillwyn (Buckingham County Training School) 1931-32 245 Camden Street

37°32′13″N 78°27′46″W / 37.53691°N 78.46275°W / 37.53691; -78.46275 (Shop at Dillwyn (Buckingham County Training School) School)

Dillwyn standing, community center Part of the Ellis Acres Memorial Park complex; school functions as a community center, catering kitchen, tutoring

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.