Keepers of the flame: New exhibit focuses on schools, educators in the segregated South
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 TearsJasmine McCraven
Jasmine McCraven considers herself to be a music enthusiast and believes that she makes the best playlists ever. She is a graduate of Middle Tennessee State, but couldn’t wait to move back home to Memphis for the best food and culture in Tennessee.
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