More than 100 years ago, schools were built across the segregated South specifically for Black children. We speak with the creator of a new exhibit at the Charlotte Museum of History exploring the legacy of the Rosenwald Schools and why their influence continues to reverberate throughout the South.
A new exhibit at the Charlotte Museum of History shines a light on the story Rosenwald Schools, which were crucial to Black education in the South. The exhibit features photographs, and the museum is continuing its work of restoring a Rosenwald School in Charlotte, the Siloam School.
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The Siloam School in north Charlotte is a small one-room building that was home to young Black children and enslaved people who lived and worked in the area.
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