Rosenwald Schools movie is Sept. 11 at Buchanan Theatre

More than 5000 Rosenwald Schools were built, primarily for the education of African-American children in the segregated South during the early part of the twentieth century.  Begun as a project to assist with the need for school construction in underfunded areas of the South, Julius Rosenwald, who was the part owner and president of Sears, Roebuck and Company, partnered with Booker T. Washington, president of Tuskegee Institute (born and raised in Franklin County, Virginia), to help fund the program.  He required local communities to raise and provide matching funds and local school boards to manage and operate the schools.

Four Rosenwald Schools were built in Botetourt County, Virginia and none of them are still standing.  They were located in Eagle Rock, Buchanan, Indian Rock (north of Buchanan) and the Hollins/Carvins Cove area.

Cost: Free. Time 6:30 p.m.

-Submitted by Weldon Martin