| You Need a Schoolhouse Booker T. Washington, Julius Rosenwald, and the Building of Schools for the Segregated South | | | Author:
| Deutsch, Stephanie | | ISBN: | 978-0-8101-2790-6 | | Publication Date: | Dec 2011 | | Publisher: | Northwestern University Press
| | Book Format: | Hardback | | List Price: | USD $29.95 | Book Description:
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Booker T. Washington, the founder of Tuskegee Institute, and Julius Rosenwald, the president of Sears, Roebuck, and Company, first met in 1911 at a Chicago luncheon. By charting the lives of these two men both before and after the meeting, Stephanie Deutsch offers a fascinating glimpse into the partnership that would bring thousands of modern schoolhouses to African American communities in the rural South in the era leading up to the civil rights movement. Booker T. Washington, the founder of Tuskegee Institute, and Julius Rosenwald, the president of Sears, Roebuck, and Company, first met in 1911 at a Chicago luncheon. By charting the lives of these two men both before and after the meeting, Stephanie Deutsch offers a fascinating glimpse into the partnership that would bring thousands of modern schoolhouses to African American communities in the rural South in the era leading up to the civil rights movement. | |