Keepers of the flame: New exhibit focuses on schools, educators in the segregated South

By , Daily Memphian Updated: August 18, 2022 7:52 AM CT | Published: August 18, 2022 4:00 AM CT
<strong>Photographer Andrew Feiler recently captured images of 105 of the 500 Rosenwald schools that still stand today, including the Lincoln School in Bledsoe County, Tennessee &mdash; 1926-1965.</strong>&nbsp;(Photographer Andrew Feiler/Courtesy National Civil Rights Museum)

Photographer Andrew Feiler recently captured images of 105 of the 500 Rosenwald schools that still stand today, including the Lincoln School in Bledsoe County, Tennessee — 1926-1965. (Photographer Andrew Feiler/Courtesy National Civil Rights Museum)

Photographer Andrew Feiler traveled 25,000 miles to capture images, interviews and history connected to Rosenwald Schools, a program created in 1912 by Julius Rosenwald and Booker T. Washington.

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National Civil Rights Museum Booker T. Washington Julius Rosenwald Rosenwald fund Trail of Tears
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