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.
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april, 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.