Title: Rosenwald
Rating: NR
Directed by: Aviva Kempner
Written by: Aviva Kempner
Starring: Peter Ascoli, Julian Bond and Stephanie Deutsch
Release Date: 8/14/2015
Running Time: 100 minutes
Rosenwald, 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. Rosenwald also built YMCAs and housing for African Americans to address the pressing needs of the Great Migration.
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Dedication/Memoriam: There were many and were missed. If we can get this info, we will post when we can.
Special thanks to Frank S. for this submission