Our local Junction City Rosenwald Foundation will be awarding a scholarship in the amount of $1,000. Applicants must be a descendant of a Rosenwald graduate and must have a cumulative 2.0. An essay is required and must accompany the scholarship application. Applications may be picked up in Mrs. Owens's office and are due May 14, 2021.
Photo is the last Senior Class of Junction City's Rosenwald High 1969.
History of Rosenwald Schools:
The Rosenwald School project built more than 5,000 schools, shops, and teacher homes in the United States primarily for the education of African-American children in the South during the early 20th century. The project was the product of the partnership of Julius Rosenwald, a Jewish-American clothier who became part-owner and president of Sears, Roebuck, and Company and the African-American leader, educator, and philanthropist Booker T. Washington, who was president of the Tuskegee Institute.