[Un]Covered
Ballston Spa High School
COMING JUNE 30th 2021 - The extraordinary story of the Brown vs. The Board of Education has its origins in the efforts of determined grassroots reformers in concert with the strategic advocacy of the NAACP. For Season One of [Un]Covered we will bring the stories of the lesser known activists, advocates and agitators associated with this struggle out of the shadows and into their rightful position at the center of the movement to transform society and culture and remake modern America.
Episodes
Episode #2 "The Visionary Philanthropist" Julius Rosenwald (1862 to 1932)
The Visionary Philanthropist Julius Rosenwald (1862 to 1932) was a co-owner and executive at Sears, Roebuck and Company. A visionary American businessman and philanthropist, he established the Rosenwald Fund to promote vocational or technical education. He helped to co- finance construction of 5,357 schools in 15 southern states between 1912 and 1932.