Rosenwald schools focus of new exhibit
1/30/2015, 11:48 a.m.
“African-American Schools during the Segregated Era” is now on view at historic Trinity Church in Chesterfield County.
Open to the public, the exhibit focuses on six of the 10 schools that were built in the county with the support of the Rosenwald Fund, according to the organizer, the nonprofit Chesterfield County Historical Society.
The exhibit includes oral histories of former students, as well as photos and artifacts loaned by their families, former teachers and staff at the schools, the society states in the exhibit announcement.
The schools include Beulah, County Training, Kingsland, Midlothian, Piney Branch and Union.
The Chesterfield schools are among 5,000 Rosenwald schools developed in 15 Southern states. The fund worked in collaboration with educator Booker T. Washington. Families in each area raised money for construction and localities like Chesterfield also contributed.
The exhibit will run through February at the church, 1011 Iron Bridge Road. The church is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and also houses the society’s offices and library.
Information: (804) 796-7121 or www.chesterfieldhistory.com
