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Woodville Rosenwald School

Gloucester, Virginia

The Woodville Rosenwald School Foundation was created to preserve the educational history of Gloucester's African American Community.

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ABOUT THE FILM

Aviva Kempner’s film “Rosenwald” is the incredible story of Jewish businessman Julius Rosenwald who joined forces with African American communities during Jim Crow to build more than 5,300 schools across the segregated American South, providing 660,000 black children with access to education. Influenced by the writings of the educator Booker T. Washington and a deep concern over racial inequality in America, Julius Rosenwald become one of America’s most effective philanthropists. Recipients of the Rosenwald Fund for African American Artists included Gordon Parks Jr., Augusta Savage, Dr. Charles Drew, Katherine Dunham, Ralph Ellison, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Langston Hughes. This terrific documentary includes interviews with Congressman John Lewis, Julian Bond, Maya Angelou, Rabbi David Saperstein, Benjamin Jealous, A’lelia Bundles, Eugene Robinson, George Wolfe, David Levering Lewis, Ossie Davis, and many others. Filmmaker Aviva Kempner is the award-winning director of The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg and Yoo-Hoo Mrs. Goldberg. For more information about the film and Ms. Kempner, visit: http://rosenwaldfilm.org

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We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation. All donations are tax-deductible.

 

President’s Message

The importance of education to Gloucester’s African American community, and the struggle to provide it for its children, is the legacy of Woodville Rosenwald School. The … Read More about President’s Message

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Our Mission

To preserve, maintain and administer assets in perpetuity exclusively for charitable and educational purposes relating to the African American experience, including but not limited to the legacy of Woodville Rosenwald School, and Rosenwald Schools generally, and the contributions of T. C. Walker and other notable African Americans in Gloucester County, Virginia.

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Contact Us

The Woodville Rosenwald School is located at:
4310 George Washington Memorial Highway
Hayes, Virginia 23072

Donations by Mail:
Woodville Foundation
P.O. Box 1971
Gloucester, VA 23061

Call or Text: (757) 509-2671

Email: woodvillerosenwald@gmail.com

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