In 2012, archivists at the Gordon Parks Foundation uncovered a vast collection of photographs on color slide film. The photographs were taken by Gordon Parks for Life in Alabama in 1956. “The project was to be a counterpoint to misinformation spread by segregationists who claimed that a racially separated, caste-based society was good for everyone.” Only 26 photographs were published in the magazine.
Now, 59 years later, a selection of these photographs are on display at Salon 94 in New York in the installation, “Segregation Story: Gordon Parks”.
Fairview Brown has been working to preserve the memory of the Fairview and ES Brown Rosenwald Schools in Georgia. Last year, the organization was able to clean up the sites, secure a $15,000 federal grant for Historic Preservation, host a successful fundraiser, and construct a canopy over the roof of Fairview school.
Hopefully, this organization can make more great strides toward historic preservation in 2016. We are excited to preview Rosenwald in Floyd County this year in partnership with the organization.
If you’d like to learn more about how you can help preserve the schools, visit their website at http://fairviewbrown.org/.
For almost a century now, the Washington DC Metro Area has played host to many kit houses of different varieties, from Aladdin to Montgomery Ward- and most prominently: Sears. The houses were simple and modest in nature, meant for the average worker, and shipped by train and wagon in thousands of pieces to the location where they were to be erected. With about 2,000 kit houses in the area constructed over this period, about a quarter of them remain to this day.
Many of the original kit houses stand in historic districts which preserve the houses and prevent them from becoming victim to great changes, practically rendering the homes a living photograph of the ’20s and ’30s. However, some of the kit houses are not located in historic districts and not protected from change- which could lead to an unfortunate demise.
Read on as Audrey Hoffer speaks to the owner of a Washington DC kit house from 1922 in a recent article from The Washington Post by clicking here.
The Michael Rosenfeld Gallery has announced a memorial service for the late Eldzier Cortor.
Eldzier Cortor was a prominent artist and notable recipient of a Rosenwald Grant.
The service will be held on Monday, December 21st at 3:30 PM at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel. The Chapel is located at 1076 Madison Ave (between 81st and 82nd Streets) in New York City.
Eldzier Cortor
Scheduled speakers include:
Ms. Teresa A. Carbone
Ms. Diane Dinkins Carr, SCAC Board Member
Prof. David C. Driskell
Ms. Corrine Jennings
Dr. and Mrs. Harmon and Harriet Kelley
Mr. Mark Pasquale
Mr. Michael Rosenfeld
The Michael Rosenfeld Gallery is located at
100 ELEVENTH AVENUE @ 19th
New York, New York 10011.
Visit them online at http://www.michaelrosenfeldart.com/
Carridder Jones, author of Voices: From Historical African American Communities near Louisville, Kentucky, recently sat down with Nancy Stearns Theiss of the Courier-Journal to talk about a segment from her book. Carridder, who graduated from the Chaney Grove Rosenwald school, chose to speak about the James Taylor Subdivision.
She tells all about James Taylor’s efforts to create a residence where African Americans could own land and live in modest country homes. He even bought a bus to drive graduates of the Jacob School (the town’s Rosenwald school), to Central High School.
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