Schools of Hope: How Julius Rosenwald Helped Change African American Education by Finkelstein, Norman H.

Schools of Hope: How Julius Rosenwald Helped Change African American Education

When Booker T. Washington, the famed African American educator, asked Julius Rosenwald, the wealthy president of Sears,...
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Author: Norman H. Finkelstein
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Schools of Hope: How Julius Rosenwald Helped Change African American Education by Finkelstein, Norman H.

Schools of Hope: How Julius Rosenwald Helped Change African American Education

$47.53

Schools of Hope: How Julius Rosenwald Helped Change African American Education

$47.53
Author: Norman H. Finkelstein
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
When Booker T. Washington, the famed African American educator, asked Julius Rosenwald, the wealthy president of Sears, Roebuck and Company and noted philanthropist, to help him build well-designed and fully equipped schools for black children, the face of education in the South changed for the better.

It was the early 1900s, a time of discrimination, racial segregation, and inadequate education for African Americans. Rosenwald created a special fund that in just twenty years built more than 5,300 schools attended by 600,000 black students. In this inspiring story, noted nonfiction writer Norman H. Finkelstein spotlights one man's legacy and the power of community action. Includes quotations, a detailed bibliography, and index.

Author: Norman H. Finkelstein
Publisher: Calkins Creek Books
Published: 04/01/2014
Pages: 80
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.10h x 10.10w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781590788417
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.9
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 175305 / Schools of Hope: How Julius Rosenwald Helped Change African American Education


Award: Sydney Taylor Book Award - Notable


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 02/01/2014 pg. 60
School Library Journal 03/01/2014 pg. 180
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2014
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2014 pg. 109
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2014 pg. 517
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2014 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author
Norman H. Finkelstein is the award-winning author of eighteen nonfiction books for young readers. He has won the National Jewish Book Award twice for Heeding the Call: Jewish Voices in America's Civil Rights Struggle and Forged in Freedom: Shaping the Jewish-American Experience (both Jewish Publication Society) and the Golden Kite Honor Book Award for Nonfiction for With Heroic Truth: The Life of Edward R. Murrow (Clarion Books). Three Across: The Great Transatlantic Race of 1927 was published by Calkins Creek in 2008. A resident of Framingham, Massachusetts, Finkelstein is a retired public school librarian and a longtime faculty member of Boston's Hebrew College. Visit normfinkelstein.com.


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