You need a schoolhouse : Booker T. Washington, Julius Rosenwald, and the building of schools for the segregated South

You need a schoolhouse : Booker T. Washington, Julius Rosenwald, and the building of schools for the segregated South / Stephanie Deutsch.

Author/creator	Deutsch, Stephanie
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, ©2011.
Description	xi, 218 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915. Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915--Friends and associates. Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915--Political and social views. Rosenwald, Julius, 1862-1932. Julius Rosenwald Fund--Buildings. School buildings--Southern States --History --20th century. African Americans--Education --Southern States --History --20th century. African Americans--Southern States --Social conditions --20th century. African Americans--Southern States --Economic conditions --20th century. African Americans--Segregation --History --20th century. Southern States--Race relations.

Contents	Prologue: May 1911 -- "No white man ... could do better" -- Peddler's son -- A lucky chance, a daunting task -- "You need a schoolhouse" -- An American citizen -- Lunch at the Blackstone -- Between Chicago and Tuskegee -- Swing low, sweet chariot -- A school in every county -- Rosenwald and Main: sweet home -- Epilogue: May 2011.
Abstract	Discusses the friendship between Booker T. Wahington, founder of the Tuskegee Institute, and Julius Rosenwald, president of Sears, Roebuck and Company and how, through their friendship, they were able to build five thousand schools for African Americans in the Southern states.
Local note	Little-359784--3051310656670
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-206) and index.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2011020505
ISBN	9780810127906 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0810127903 (cloth : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	LC2802.S9 D48 2011	✔ Available	Place Hold