Another Step Closer to Honoring Julius Rosenwald and Self-Reliance in America
Jan 21, 2021
Patrice Onwuka
This month, amidst a flurry of news, an important honor for the philanthropic giant Julius Rosenwald came one step closer to fruition.
On January 13, President Trump signed into law HR 3250, known as the Julius Rosenwald and the Rosenwald Schools Act of 2020. As my colleague Debi Ghate reported on the blog recently, this bill directs the U.S. Department of the Interior to study the feasibility of designating sites associated with the life and legacy of Julius Rosenwald as a part of the National Park Service.
The honor is well worth it for a man who combated illiteracy and education gaps among black children in the Jim Crow South.