Schools of Hope: How Julius Rosenwald Helped Change African American Education

Reviewed by: Kathy George - Gray Public Library, Gray, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: October 4, 2014

Review

Read this and Sears, Roebuck and Company will never mean the same. Sears was a railroad agent, selling watches on the side, his business grew and he hired Roebuck to help. They hired Julius Rosenwald to run the business. He made the company a household word, and the company made him rich. He created a fund to build 5300 schools in 20 years for African American children after meeting Booker T. Washington. His fund changed the country both for black & white. This story & this man has inspired the lives of Bill Gates & Warren Buffet who have imitated his thinking.

Overall Book Score: excellent