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Schools of Hope: How Julius Rosenwald Helped Change African American Education
Schools of Hope: How Julius Rosenwald Helped Change African American Education
Reviewed by: Kathy George - Gray Public Library, Gray, Southern Maine Library District
Review Date: October 4, 2014
Review
Read this and Sears, Roebuck and Company will never mean the same. Sears was a railroad agent, selling watches on the side, his business grew and he hired Roebuck to help. They hired Julius Rosenwald to run the business. He made the company a household word, and the company made him rich. He created a fund to build 5300 schools in 20 years for African American children after meeting Booker T. Washington. His fund changed the country both for black & white. This story & this man has inspired the lives of Bill Gates & Warren Buffet who have imitated his thinking.
Overall Book Score: excellent
About the Book
Author:
Finkelstein, Norman H.
Publisher: Calkins Creek/Highlights
Book Type: picture book nonfiction
Genre:
Audience: grades 4-6, grades 7-9, grades 10-12
Binding Type: trade edition
Binding Quality: good
ISBN: 9781590788417
Price: 16.95