Our Mission

The mission of the Historic Pickensville Rosenwald School Museum and Community Center is to forward the legacy of Pickens County Rosenwald Schools in our County, State and Nation. Advancing the vision of our ancestors, we provide historical, educational, cultural, and recreational programs to promote community strength, progress, learning, and uplift for all citizens.

Upcoming Events

november, 2024

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The Historic Pickensville Rosenwald School Museum and Community Center

LOCATION

120 Jim Locke Road
Pickensville, AL 35447
(347) 416-0240

HOURS

Tuesday: 1pm – 4pm
Wednesday: 1pm – 4pm
Saturdays: 1pm – 4pm

OUR HISTORY

The Rosenwald School Program

The Rosenwald School Program resulted from a partnership that unfolded between Booker T. Washington, president of Tuskegee Institute, Julius Rosenwald, founder and owner of Sears and Roebuck Co., and rural Black communities, to build formal schoolhouses – efforts which research has shown endured and gained momentum after the abolition of slavery. 

The Rosenwald School Program began in 1912 when Booker T. Washington approached Julius Rosenwald for seed funding to support rural African American communities’ efforts to build schoolhouses in Alabama. Julius Rosenwald, who was a supporter of Tuskegee Institute, agreed to provide seed funds that would be joined with funding provided by Blacks’ and public funding.

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