The Rosenwald Centennial Project
An Oasis of Education, 1921
Rosenwald School Acres: site of the 1st public primary school for African American children in Walker County / Huntsville, TX
Now, at the Samuel Walker Houston Museum
Celebrate "Huntsville Heroes"
“Huntsville Heroes” is a free outdoor Photo Exhibit on the grounds of the Samuel Walker Houston Museum on 10th St. in Huntsville, Texas The exhibit shares little known facts about six patriots who helped further education, opportunity and achievement for Black Texans.
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HOW IT ALL BEGAN... In 1921, college instructor John Wesley Wilson and his wife Amarintha Kittrell Wilson transferred 2 acres of land (639 Rosenwall Road, Huntsville TX 77340) to the Huntsville Texas Independent School District so primary-age children of color in Huntsville Texas could get a quality education...
About Rosenwald School Acres:
What is a "Tuskegee-Rosenwald" School?
Click below for...A chronology of Huntsville's Rosenwald School #1, its creation, funding, founders, alumni and generational caregivers. The Julius Rosenwald Fund and its impact on the children and families of a close-knit community north of Huntsville, TX,
The story of John Wesley Wilson & Amarintha Kittrell Wilson: their 1915 purchase of 2 acres to create the first publicly funded school in Walker County ...and how this small rural Rosenwald School galvanized and empowered an under-served community.
Visit Our historic Museum and School Founder Cemetery
Professor Samuel W. Houston (1864-1945) was John Wesley Wilson’s cousin. Prof. Houston built several Huntsville educational institutions ..some with Rosenwald Fund assistance. See more at the Samuel Walker Museum's page here.
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A primary goal of the festival is to raise money to restore Rosenwald Acres as a gathering place for wholesome family gatherings and to renovate the 130 yr old Kittrell Wilson Cemetery access road and grounds where the school's founders (and many of the alumni and caregivers) are buried.
Let's celebrate our ROOTS!
The Rosenwald Centennial Project is a Rosenwald School Acres generational owers' Legacy Quest. Proceeds to benefit..the Kittrell-Wilson Cemetery Restoration plus historic education and preservation projects of the Houston Informer Foundation and Walker County’s original Tuskegee - Rosenwald School Acres.
CLICK HERE FOR A DATABASE OF TEXAS' TUSKEGEE-ROSENWALD SCHOOLS
