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The hosts discuss the history of the Rosenwald Schools, a pilot program launched in 1912 by Julius Rosenwald and Booker T. Washington. These schools were built across the South to provide education for Black children during the era of segregation. The segment explores the differing philosophies of Washington (bottom-up trades) and Du Bois (top-down "Talented Tenth") and how they were used to divide the community.
The final topic explores why Julius Rosenwald's philanthropic legacy was largely "memory-holed" despite his close ties to Rockefeller. The hosts reveal that Rosenwald funded the defense of Leo Frank, a Jewish businessman convicted of murdering Mary Phagan in Georgia. This case led to the only recorded lynching of a Jewish man in America and served as the catalyst for the founding of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
