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Warner had passed, the project was picked up again, this time with the help of Helen Williams (former school superintendent) and Lander, and with the help of the whole community, brought the school back with the spirit of which Washington and Rosenwald had begun almost a century ago.
Washington, educated at the Hampton Institute (now Hampton University) was a handsome man with piercing eyes. He was also a shrewd politician and a moving public speaker.
In a speech in Atlanta in 1895, he reached out to whites in the south asking them to give blacks a chance to learn and develop separately, to get an education.
Rosenwald - introduced to Washington by Paul J. Sachs (of financier Goldman Sachs) - immediately connected with Washington who convinced Rosenwald of the need to address the lack of educational opportunities for black children.
In 1912, Rosenwald became a member of the Board of the Tuskegee Institute, and in 1913 - with
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