Camden’s Parlor Talk: Prof. Melissa Stuckey on Rosenwald Schools in SC

Rosenwald Schools were built for African American students through a philanthropic partnership between Julius Rosenwald and Booker T. Washington. These schools were built throughout South Carolina as state-of-the-art educational facilities in the early 1900s (1912-1923). The schools provided education, improved social mobility, and vastly increased college attendance, setting the stage for the civil rights movement.

There were nearly 500 Rosenwald schools built in South Carolina, but due to development, sprawl, and neglect, only 40 remain standing in various states of repair.

Join us as we host USC Professor Melissa Stuckey, who will share the history and role that the Rosenwald schools played in South Carolina.