Schools Program Benefited Communities
Editor, Times-Dispatch: I was pleased to see mention of the Julius Rosenwald Schools in the recent obituary for Christine Waller.
The Rosenwald Rural School Building Program, as it was officially known, was truly remarkable in its scope and impact. By 1928, one in every five rural schools for black students in the South was a Rosenwald school.
Virginia had 382 such schools, including six in Chesterfield and four in Henrico, including Virginia Randolph School. Preservation of remaining schools is under way by the National Trust for Historic Preservation through donations and grants, most prominently by Lowe's.
Goochland, which received a grant this year, is converting the Second Union School into a Center for History of Black Education.
Fred P. Orelove.
Richmond.
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