TYLER, Texas — On a cloudy, gray Saturday afternoon, people gathered outside the Texas African American Museum in Tyler for the unveiling of a historical marker commemorating Smith County's 17 Rosenwald Schools.
The Rosenwald Schools were funded by Jewish philanthropist Julius Rosenwald in partnership with Booker T. Washington to help address education gaps for Black Americans in the rural South after the Civil War. The historical marker was donated by the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation.
In attendance at Saturday's unveiling were local community members including historians and political candidates Ralph Caraway Jr. and Willie Mims.
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