Rosenwald Schools

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Educational_Institution
gptkbp:advocatesFor teacher training
school funding
equal education
gptkbp:architecturalStyle simple rural architecture
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
Booker T. Washington
gptkbp:collaboratedWith African_American_communities
gptkbp:communityRole cultural hub
community center
social gathering place
gptkbp:conservationEfforts community organizations
historical societies
educational foundations
gptkbp:constructedIn rural areas
gptkbp:culturalImpact historical memory
community identity
African_American_culture
American_education_system
gptkbp:curriculum agriculture
vocational training
academic subjects
gptkbp:designedBy local architects
gptkbp:establishedIn 1912
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Julius_Rosenwald
gptkbp:funding Julius_Rosenwald_Fund
gptkbp:historicalPeriod Jim Crow era
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rosenwald Schools
gptkbp:impact African_American_education
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Tuskegee_Institute
progressive education movement
gptkbp:legacy influence on modern education
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableAlumni gptkb:Langston_Hughes
gptkb:Zora_Neale_Hurston
gptkb:James_Weldon_Johnson
gptkb:Gwendolyn_Brooks
gptkb:Ralph_Ellison
gptkbp:numberBuilt over 5,000
gptkbp:opened 1960s
gptkbp:purpose education_for_African_American_children
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:National_Register_of_Historic_Places
gptkbp:reduces funding cuts
desegregation
population shifts
gptkbp:significance improving education access
gptkbp:supportedBy local communities
philanthropy
gptkbp:type public school
gptkbp:typeOf primary education
secondary education