Rosenwald Schools educated generations of Black Americans. Now, graduates are fighting to preserve the classrooms and their legacy.
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on February 3, 2024
CNN
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Maudy Adkinson Johnson remembers walking across cow fields and busy roads as a child to get to her one-room schoolhouse in Spring Hill, Tennessee.
It was the 1950s, and Johnson said the Lee-Buckner School was teaching her how to read, write and do math problems. She was also making friends with other Black children.
