(WKRN) — In 1913, part-owner of Sears, Roebuck & Company Julius Rosenwald teamed up with Booker T. Washington to teach rural ...

Washington’s help, Julius Rosenwald built 5,000 schools for Black students across 15 Southern states ... in the full-text version hosted by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Rosenwald ...

The Smithville Rosenwald School, a century-old former pillar of the historically Black neighborhood of Smithville in Cornelius, is up for sale. The historic landmark on South Hill Street is listed ...