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Publication
Calkins Creek (2014), 80 pages
Description
Tells the story of how wealthy businessman Julius Rosenwald came to financially support the building of 5,300 schools in rural African-American communities that desperately needed them over the course of twenty years.
Awards
Sydney Taylor Book Award (Mass Import -- Pending Differentiation)
CCBC Choices (2015)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids (Informational Books for Older Readers — 2014)
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LibraryThing member erosenbe
Well done story of how, Julius Rosenwald, a self made industrialist, the head of the Sears, Roebuck department stores, led the battle for improved educational opportunities for the African American communities across the South by helping to fund the building of new schools and hiring qualified
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LibraryThing member Sullywriter
Great story about how the wealthy president of Sears, Roebuck and Company and noted philanthropist, heavily influenced by Booker T. Washington, spent millions of his fortune to help build thousands of well-designed and fully equipped schools for black children. His philanthropy also extended to
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funding black colleges and fellowships to students pursuing higher education. Accessibly written and handsomely designed. I wish the author the author discussed more in the detail the differing education philosophies of Washington and W.E.B. DuBois. Show Less
ISBN
1590788419 / 9781590788417