Rosenwald

Rosenwald

Date

Feb 12 2020
, 6:30PM- 9PM

Film Screening: Rosenwald

Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at 6:30pm

Speaker: Dr. Deb Weiner

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Join us for Rosenwald, a documentary by Aviva Kempner, about the partnership between Chicago philanthropist Julius Rosenwald, son of an immigrant peddler who rose to head Sears, and educator and reformer Booker T. Washington, and their efforts to build 5,400 Southern schools in African American communities during the Jim Crow era.

Following the screening join us for a facilitated discussion with author and historian Deb Weiner.

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