CARROLL SCHOOL

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CARROLL SCHOOL - Holly

Published on Nov 25, 2015

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There are many schools foundered by a man named Julius Rosenwald.
5 of the many schools are named Notasulga, Brownsville, Chewacla, Big Zion, and Madison Park.
Another school named Loachapoka was the first to open its doors.
Each school had one teacher for each grade.
The founder was a man named Julius Rosenwald. Thanks to him, hundreds and hundreds of blacks got an education.

Rosenwald wanted blacks to be taught like whites, so that's what he did.
They focused on the curriculum of reading, writing, and arithmetic.
They also learned about farming, dress making, and personal hygiene.
Julius loved teaching blacks to have an education.
By 1928, at least one in every 5 rural schools for blacks in the South was a Rosenwald school.

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In 1914, Julius helped fund the building of those 6 schools in Alabama, along with George Washington.
He believed in elementary and higher educations for blacks. Including teacher education.
Julius was president and later chairman of Sears Roebuck & co., and creator of Philanthropic Rosenwald fund.
Julius helped some 40% of black children attend a Rosenwald school
He established the a Rosenwald fund for African- American writers and artists, such as author James Baldwin.

Built in 1929, to help restore the characteristics of the Rosenwald school.
There are many, but one specific one is on Anderson Road in Rock Hill, SC.
It shows what they learned and how they learned it. Such as knitting for dress making.
The doors to the Carroll school was closed in 1954, and since then the school has been used for community and church activities.