![]() Washington’s biography, Up from Slavery, Rosenwald became his “follower” in the journey to improve the economic and social life outcomes of African Americans in the South. It must be noted that Rosenwald was deeply skeptical that Zionism could become the founding principle of any nation, particularly a modern state in the Middle East. His generous donations soon went to the NAACP, Conference of Jewish Social Workers, and initiatives to resettle Russian Jews in Palestine. Rosenwald aimed to redress inequality at home and abroad. The motto give-while-you-live inspired him to make a difference. Inspired by the Jewish concept of tikkun olam-repairing the world-Rosenwald decided to channel his income into philanthropy. He admired Emil Hirsch, a Reform Rabbi of the Sinai Congregation seeking social justice. Rosenwald was active in the Chicago Jewish community. Rosenwald ascended to new heights in that company, eventually reaching the chairman’s seat. They invested in a faltering mail-order firm known as Sears, Roebuck & Co. In 1895, his opportunity arose when he moved to Chicago and entered the apparel manufacturing industry with his cousin Julius Weil. While he knocked on doors to sell souvenir brochures during his teenage years, Rosenwald yearned for a chance to thrive in big-city business. He was not content to work as a hometown high school dropout. Rosenwald grew up in a German-Jewish immigrant community of Springfield, Illinois. Julius Rosenwald (1862-1932) forged one of the most significant collaborations between Black and Jewish people, with the purpose of promoting civil rights in America. Family Connections: Matrilineal Roots of the School Street Community.The Segregationist Dairy Farmer: John S.East School Street Origins: A Judge, an Irish Immigrant, a Segregationist Dairy Farmer, and a Landlord."I Ain't Moving": Andy Smith and Memory.Students becoming teachers become the keepers of the flame of history and memory. ![]() And in her old fourth-grade classroom, Tyson runs a children’s library, a position she originated and has held for two decades. Today the facility houses a Head Start program, municipal offices, and offices of not-for-profits. Peck High closed in 1969 and sat abandoned for decades, until Albert led the fight to save the building. And Albert went into politics, eventually becoming mayor of Fernandina, the first African American to hold that post since Reconstruction. Tyson taught first grade at Peck and at other places Albert taught chemistry and biology, first at Peck and then at other schools. Reconnecting after his return, and at Tyson’s insistence, Albert went to college. Albert joined the army and spent several years deployed to Japan. Tyson went to college and became a teacher. marching arm in arm with Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, who said of the experience, “It felt like my feet were praying.” And it pressages the partnership witnessed earlier this year as Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock crisscrossed Georgia together and became my state’s first Jewish and first African American members of the United States Senate.Ĭharles Albert & Ernie Tyson – Educators, Civic Leaders, Rosenwald School Former Students and TeachersĬharles Albert and Ernie Tyson were classmates at Peck High which served Nassau County, Florida, from 1927 to 1969. It was a foundational alliance that pressages Dr. Rosenwald and Washington built one of earliest collaborations between Jews and African Americans. A traveling exhibition of this work will premiere at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta on May 22. Its foreword is by the late Congressman John Lewis, a Rosenwald school alum. ![]() My just-published book, “A Better Life for Their Children,” pairs these photos with brief narratives, telling the stories of Rosenwald schools’ connections to the Trail of Tears, the Great Migration, the Tuskegee Airmen, embezzlement, murder, and more.
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