Educator and reformer Booker T. Washington and Julius Rosenwald, the president and part owner of Sears, Roebuck and Company, were the key figures behind the creation of Rosenwald schools. However, local communities tended to be the primary drivers in the construction of these buildings—the Rosenwald Fund was there to aid their efforts.
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