NATIONAL ARCHIVES HOSTS PROGRAM ON ROSENWALD DOCUMENTARY
NATIONAL ARCHIVES HOSTS PROGRAM ON ROSENWALD DOCUMENTARY
FEBRUARY 4 AT 7 P.M.
Film director Aviva Kempner and journalist A’Lelia Bundles will
screen and discuss the film
Washington, DC. . . On Thursday, February 4, at 7 p.m., the National
Archives presents a special screening and discussion of the documentary
“Rosenwald: A Remarkable Story of a Jewish Partnership with African
American Communities.” (2015; 100 minutes) Film director Aviva
Kempner will be joined by author and journalist A'Lelia Bundles to
discuss the film.
The program is free and open to the public and will be held in the
William G. McGowan Theater of the National Archives Museum in
Washington, DC. Attendees should use the Special Events entrance on
Constitution at 7th Street NW. Metro accessible on the Yellow and Green
lines, Archives/Navy Memorial station. Reservations are recommended
and can be made online; seating is on a first-come, first-served
basis. The doors to the building will open 45 minutes prior to the start
of the program.
“Rosenwald: A Remarkable Story of a Jewish Partnership with African
American Communities” is the story of Julius Rosenwald, who never
finished high school but rose to become the president of Sears.
Influenced by the writings of Booker T. Washington, this Jewish
philanthropist joined forces with African American communities during
the Jim Crow South to build over 5,300 schools during the early part of
the 20th century. Presented in collaboration with the National
Archives’ Afro-American History Society.
# # #
For press information contact the National Archives Public Affairs staff
at 202-357-5300
TWITTER: @USNatArchives
FACEBOOK: USNationalArchives
TUMBLR: http://usnatarchives.tumblr.com
- Confederate President Jefferson Davis calls for March 27 to be a day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer.
- Following the Underground Railroad Route By Bicycle
- March is Women's History Month! Read the fascinating accounts of women spies hiding coded messages in women's hair, conductors of the Underground Railroad, soldiers disguised as men, surgeons, and advisors to the President!
- Teachers tackle race, economic disparity and history
- The President's Hymn: 'Give Thanks All Ye People'
- Thanksgiving Day during the Civil War
- Lincoln’s Thanksgiving proclamation in a divided time: ‘one heart and one voice by the whole American People’
- What Abraham Lincoln found reading the Book of Job amid civil war
- Civil War stories on display at Lincoln Highway museum in Unity
- Who was Henry Benning, for whom Fort Benning in Columbus was named?
- Fort Gordon Army Base: Who was John Brown Gordon?
- From the Civil War to the football field, we have been celebrating the wrong values
- History and Healing: Removing Controversial Artifacts from the Civic Landscape
- How to Reframe the Civil War in the Classroom
- Man scores Abraham Lincoln autograph in box of trading cards
- Native Americans' role in the Civil War
- Abraham Lincoln Healed a Divided Nation. We Should Heed His Words Today.
- An escaped slave was the 'Florence Nightingale’ of Indiana's Civil War regiment
- A Southern Democrat survived impeachment trap and came to be in charge of Reconstruction
- New Statue Unveiled In Response To Richmond's Confederate Monuments