2, 09:25, 2008-01-28 22:42:38 Description:This vintage film was produced by the NAACP. It was one of the exhibits Thurgood Marshall used to help win the Brown VS Board of education decision.
Another prominent figure in the history of (More)This vintage film was produced by the NAACP. It was one of the exhibits Thurgood Marshall used to help win the Brown VS Board of education decision.
Another prominent figure in the history of Historical Black schools is, Julius Rosenwald, a Jewish philanthropist. Mr. Rosenwald is known for his support of Booker T. Washignton, he helped rural African American communities build over 5000 schools. Today these schools are known as the Rosenwald schools and there is a growing interest in preserving and restoring them.
The film features rural schools in South Carolina. It's an excellent example of how "People of faith", from various religions worked together to overcome the backward racist principalities that restricted all mankind.
This friendship helped the men of faith win the Civil War. The resiliency they demonstrated, from the consequences of the War and it's hateful aftermath, is shown in the establishment of these institutions as well as in their ability to form interracial kinships. Considering these feats were accomplished by ex-slaves in an extraordinary short time, only a few decades after they gained their freedom. The time is long overdue for These Co-Racial American institutions which are directly connected to Faiths and major historical events, like the divine Underground Railroad and Lincoln's two Proclamations, (Thanksgiving and Emancipation) be given their recognition. They were truly the birth of the nation. This documentary is a landmark American masterpiece film. A Hollywood classical!
Rosenwald was born on August 12, 1862, in Springfield, Illinois.
Throughout his adult life he served Sears, Roebuck successively as vice president (1895-1910), president (1910-1925), and chairman of the board (1925-1932). Under his leadership, Sears developed its lucrative nationwide mail-order business.
Rosenwald summarized his philosophy of philanthropy quite simply: "What I want to do is try and cure the things that seem wrong."
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