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Rosenwald

The Rosenwald Schools 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.

Release DateApril 19, 2015
StatusReleased
Original TitleRosenwald
Runtime1h 40min
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LanguageEnglish
Original LanguageEnglish
Production CountriesUnited States of America
Production CompaniesCiesla Foundation