Building a Bright Future: Black Communities and Rosenwald Schools in Tennessee
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Please join us in welcoming a new travelling exhibit at the Greeneville Greene County History Museum from August 3 - September 24, 2026:
"Building a Bright Future: Black Communities and Rosenwald Schools in Tennessee is a new traveling exhibition based on the AASLH-winning exhibition of the same name that appeared at the Tennessee State Museum from June 16, 2023 - February 25, 2024.
Created by the Tennessee State Museum in partnership with The John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library at Fisk University, the exhibition traces the history of education for Black Tennesseans from the Reconstruction period, through the development of the Rosenwald program, and into the present day. Consisting of five two-sided panels, it focuses on the the engaging stories of alumni and community members from 16 different Rosenwald Schools in Tennessee.
About Rosenwald Schools
What are commonly referred to as Rosenwald Schools were the result of an initial partnership between Sears, Roebuck, and Co. president Julius Rosenwald, Tuskegee Institute president Booker T. Washington, and Black Communities throughout the South. Between 1912-1937, that partnership resulted in the construction of almost 5,000 schools for Black children across 15 southern states, including 354 in Tennessee. Rosenwald schools drove improvement in Black educational attainment and helped educate the generation who became leaders of the Civil Rights movement."
"Building a Bright Future: Black Communities and Rosenwald Schools in Tennessee is a new traveling exhibition based on the AASLH-winning exhibition of the same name that appeared at the Tennessee State Museum from June 16, 2023 - February 25, 2024.
Created by the Tennessee State Museum in partnership with The John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library at Fisk University, the exhibition traces the history of education for Black Tennesseans from the Reconstruction period, through the development of the Rosenwald program, and into the present day. Consisting of five two-sided panels, it focuses on the the engaging stories of alumni and community members from 16 different Rosenwald Schools in Tennessee.
About Rosenwald Schools
What are commonly referred to as Rosenwald Schools were the result of an initial partnership between Sears, Roebuck, and Co. president Julius Rosenwald, Tuskegee Institute president Booker T. Washington, and Black Communities throughout the South. Between 1912-1937, that partnership resulted in the construction of almost 5,000 schools for Black children across 15 southern states, including 354 in Tennessee. Rosenwald schools drove improvement in Black educational attainment and helped educate the generation who became leaders of the Civil Rights movement."
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Where is it happening?
101 W McKee St, Greeneville, TN, United States, Tennessee 37743
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Host or PublisherGreeneville Greene County History Museum
