Education -> Rosenwald Schools

About 5000 Rosenwald schools were built for African Americans. The matching collaboration between Booker T. Washington and Julius Rosenwald outlined and required the community surrounding the school, to fund and maintain the school while it was functional. Mr. Washington believed that education and industrial skills were beneficial in upgrading the quality of life of African Americans. Therefore, industrial classrooms were incorporated in the Rosenwald schools, to teach kids technical skills such as carpentry, sewing, learning how to use a telephone, woodworking and agricultural skills.           

Of the 27 Rosenwald Schools built in Prince George's County, the Ridgeley School is one of nine that remains.