Loading chat...
SC H5225
Resolution
Status
Passed
2/24/2026
Primary Sponsor
Beth Bernstein
Click for details
AI Summary
- Declares February 28, 2026, as "Rosenwald School Day" in South Carolina
- Recognizes the Rosenwald Schools program established by Julius Rosenwald and Booker T. Washington from 1912 to 1923 to build schools for African American students across the Southeast
- Notes that 486 Rosenwald Schools were built in South Carolina, with at least one in every county, and over one-third of African American students in the South attended these schools in the first half of the twentieth century
- Acknowledges that African American communities matched Rosenwald Fund donations with their own money and land, and that these schools served as community meeting spaces and gathering places for the Civil Rights Movement
- Calls attention to the need to protect, restore, and interpret remaining Rosenwald School buildings as invaluable cultural resources, as most have fallen into disrepair or been demolished
Legislative Description
Rosenwald School Day in SC
Last Action
Introduced and adopted
2/24/2026
Full Bill Text
No bill text available