Dear Mr. Rosenwald / by Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie.
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- 0439495229
- 9780439495226
- Dear Mister Rosenwald
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Main Library | Children's Picturebook | Growing Up | Weatherford, Carole Boston | Available | 33111005385311 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Renowned illustrator Gregory Christie joins the Scholastic Press list with this empowering story about an African-American community who builds their own school.
Based on the true story of the Rosenwald schools built in the rural African-American South in the 1920s, writer and poet Carol Boston Weatherford tells the lyrical story of third grader Ovella as her family and community help each other build a new, and much-prayed for, school.
Inspired by Booker T. Washington, Julius Rosenwald, the son of an immigrant and the president of Sears, Roebuck and Co., donated millions of dollars to build schools for African-American children in the rural South. The local African-American community were required to raise matching funds, secure [cont'd]
Young Ovella rejoices as her community comes together to raise money and build a much-needed school in the 1920s, with matching funds from the president of Sears, Roebuck, and Company and support from Professor James of the Normal School.