- Collection:
- African American History
- Title:
- Rosenwald school near Pierce's Cross Roads
- Date of Original:
- 1969-06
- Subject:
- Rosenwald schools--North Carolina--Halifax County
African American schools--North Carolina--Halifax County
Rural schools--North Carolina--Halifax County
African Americans--Education--North Carolina--Halifax County - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032
- Medium:
- slides (photographs)
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Color slide depicting a former Rosenwald School for African Americans near Pierce's Cross Roads in Halifax County, N.C. The title of the image on the slide is "Former Negro School, near Pierce's Cross Roads." The photograph was taken in June, 1969. Rosenwald Schools were state-of-the-art schools built for African American students in the Southern United States through the joint venture of civil rights activist Booker T. Washington of the Tuskegee Institute and philanthropist Julius Rosenwald, president of Sears Roebuck.
- Metadata URL:
- https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/63053
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
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- Contributing Institution:
- J.Y. Joyner Library
- Rights:
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