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"Return to Our Roots" EARTH DAY FESTIVAL
April 22, 2022  | 3-8pm  639 Rosenwall Rd, Huntsville, TX 77340
 
 
"Old School" Music on the Old School Grounds"
 
 
Join us!
...BRING YOUR FAMILY for a great evening of
"Old School Jams" on the 100 year old
Rosenwald School Grounds!
 
MEDIA PARTNERS, VOLUNTEERS, SPONSORS AND VENDORS WELCOMED! 
All participating media outlets, sponsors, volunteers and vendors will be listed
in the Centennial eBook.  Sponsorships begin with "Teacher's Pets" at $25.
Vending Booths are $50 & $75. Go online for detailed info.
 
 
 
 
 
Historic Perspective:
 
100 years ago, a public school education was a just a dream for most Black Texas children… The Julius Rosenwald Fund enabled the Kittrell/Wilson/Houston Family to make a difference in Huntsville and greater Walker County Texas...
 
 
WHO WAS JULIUS ROSENWALD?

Julius Rosenwald, (1862-1932)  was a Chicago businessman, philanthropist and part-owner  of Sears, Roebuck and Company whose Jewish family fled persecution in Europe.  Rosenwald  believed all Americans deserve an education. 
 
1912:  He established the Rosenwald Fund for "the well-being of mankind” and collaborated with educator/former slave,  Booker T. Washington and his Tuskegee Institute to build over 5,300 rural school buildings for African American children across the Jim Crow south.
 
 
 
 
 
...What is the importance of Rosenwald Schools on American Education?

 
Click below to see an episode of
 "CBS This Morning":
 
 "The Impact of Rosenwald schools on education and how they changed the lives of Black Americans."
 
 
 
Click above to see this
JUNE 2021 video on YouTube.
 
 
 
Click below to discover the educational legacy of  
The Kittrell / Wilson / Houston Family of Huntsville
 
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WHO WAS SAMUEL W. HOUSTON?
 
 
 
 
 
Click HERE for more on the legacy of
THE SAMUEL W. HOUSTON MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTER... NPO# 73-1720777 
“Perpetuating a Legacy of Education.”  
  
 
(02/12/1864 - 11/19/1945)
 
This prolific educator was the cousin of Professor  John Wesley Wilson (founder of Rosenwald Acres), nephew of Virginia Houston Wilson (founder of Friendship Baptist Church) and the son of Sam Houston's educated man-servant, Joshua Houston (Texas’ first Black County Commissioner). 
 
After leaving Howard University (and 5 years in the Navy), Samuel returned to Huntsville TX, founded the Huntsville Times newspaper; and the Samuel W. Houston Industrial Training Institute (also Rosenwald funded). 
 
In his lifetime, he served as the Field Secretary/Director of the Interracial Commission of Texas; was the Commissioner of Interracial Cooperation; and the County Superintendent for persons of color.  Prof. Houston eventually was assigned to be the first principal of the HISD’s (aptly named) Samuel W. Houston High School, housed in the same building as the current Museum and Cultural Center.
 
 
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...BECOME PART OF OUR CELEBRATION!
Your support, participation, referral and contributions will help ensure the success of this event as we raise funds for the Samuel Walker Houston Museum and Cultural Center and the Kittrell-Wilson Cemetery Restoration Fund.
 
Visit RosenwaldAcres.com for more videos, links, founder/alumni/caregiver photos and current sponsors.
 
PRIMARY CONTACT: KIJANA WISEMAN-FUSILIER, M.ED
 
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