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Rosenwald school photograph by Andrew Feiler.

Exhibit Opening – A Better Life for Their Children: Julius Rosenwald, Booker T. Washington, and the 4,978 Schools that Changed America

Friday, June 9th 5 – 6 PM

Filson Historical Society (In-Person Event Only)

Free to the Public/Registration Required.

This exhibit is sponsored by Stock Yards Bank & Trust and Skipper and Hana Martin.

Join the Filson Historical Society for the opening of the traveling exhibit, A Better Life for Their Children: Julius Rosenwald, Booker T. Washington, and the 4,978 Schools That Changed America – Photographs, storytelling, and original curation by Andrew Feiler. Participants will have the opportunity to meet the curator in the gallery to engage in conversation and answer questions. At 5:15 pm, the curator, staff, and sponsors will share short remarks. This exhibit opening is free and open to the public, but registration is encouraged.

Atlanta-based photographer Andrew Feiler spent more than three years documenting the remaining schools and the stories that live on in generations of graduates. This body of work became a book by the same title, published by University of Georgia Press in 2021.

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