Programs

  • Rosenwald Schools Documentary Project

    Rosenwald Schools of Virginia. 30 minute film documenting the unique role the Rosenwald Schools played in educating African American children in Virginia during the Jim Crow era. Virginia is the birthplace of Booker T. Washington and is the home of Hampton Institute where he was educated and later taught. The film also highlights several other notable African Americans who made major contributions to black education in Virginia with the hope that this will be used to develop understanding of how difficult it was for African American children to get a decent education and the role Rosenwald Schools played in overcoming this difficulty and open paths of understanding between the races.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
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    $45.4K

  • Siloam School Restoration Project

    Siloam School Restoration. Film documenting the moving and restoration of the Siloam School to its final home, The Charlotte Museum of History. Siloam School is the last of the Rosenwald design school remaining in Mecklenburg County. It was moved to the grounds of the Charlotte Museum of History where it will become a permanent exhibit portraying the history of African American education in the setting of a 1927 school house restored to the original. School Groups schedule regular excursions to the school during the years they study North Carolina and American History. It is the only such school that is restored to the way it was in the 1920's when the school was built meaning no electricity or air conditioning so that the visitors can really feel what the experience was students in that period of history.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
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    No populations provided
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    $9K

  • Unlocking The Doors Of Opportunity Film Forums

    Longleaf Productions has undertaken, with the help of the NC Humanities Council and several HBCU's in the state, an offering to show the film "Unlocking The Doors Of Opportunity - The Rosenwald Schools Of North Carolina" to hold public forums in order to bring the message of the film to as many people as possible. We also bring Rosenwald Alumni and historians as well as the producers of the film. Thus far we have held 14 forums all across the state at no cost to the venue.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $0