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The legacy of Booker TL
Washington, Julius Rosenwakl
By Saluk Morgan
Special to thu Roppahtuumck New*
Writer and critic Stephanie Deutsch shares her twwuwh and writings about the fascinating collaboration between Booker T Washington and Julius Rosenwakl at a special Friday at the Library series on Oct. 10 at & p.m,. sponsored by the Rappahannock Association tor the Arts and Community
A regular reviewer of fiction and non-fiction Sir the Washington 'times, Deutsch. who also has written tor The New York limes, 'the Weekly Standard, and The Millions blog, delves into the story of these two self-made men from disparate backgrounds who changed the foce of education tor African Americans in rural communities across the country Rosenwakl. bom the son of Jewish German immigrants in Illinois, eventually became part-owner and president of Seam
a major philanthropist. Washington, bom and Roebuck and into slavery on a tobacco form in southern Virginia, fought for his own education and. as head of the Tuskegee Institute, became the nation s foremost black educator.
Together they gave birth to the Rosenwakl school project which helped construct 4.977 schools to educate African American students throughout the south, uf which the Scrabble School in Rappahannock County was one,
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