New Hope Rosenwald School - Near Fredonia, AL
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N 32° 56.617 W 085° 17.131
16S E 660271 N 3646340
Located on County Rd 267, marker notes the building of one of the Sears CEO's Rosenwald schools for African-Americans.
Waymark Code: WM19JE7
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 03/07/2024
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Marker text:
The Rosenwald School program was a collaboration between educator Booker T. Washington and Sears CEO Julius Rosenwald to improve educational opportunities for African American children in the rural South during the early 1900's. The Rosenwald program resulted in the construction of 4,977 schools scattered across 15 southern states. This New Hope Rosenwald School was constructed in 1919 at a cost of $1200, one-third of which was funded by the African American community. The one-teacher type school remained open until 1958. One of twenty Rosenwald Schools built in Chambers County, Ala., the New Hope School was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 and received National Treasure Status in 2011.
Marker Name: New Hope Rosenwald School
Marker Type: Rural Roadside
Addtional Information::
Erected by the Town of Fredonia & the Alabama Historical Association.
Date Dedicated / Placed: 2015
Marker Number: N/A
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