this is marian coleman his granddaughter who is now the current avenue zeman that school. this is one of many -- the curator of a museum in that school. when legally enforced segregation ended, in many places the schoolhouses which were very rural and very small, some of them fell apart, some disappeared. some passed into private homes. others have been saved by accommodation of alumni passion, alumni who do not want to lose this piece of their history. and donations and hard work from , among others, the national trust for historic preservation, which has done a wonderful job in working to preserve the story of the rosenwald schools. in 1928, retired from sears, rosenwald reorganized his fund and hired a professional, edwin embry, to manage the fund. enthusiastich support, the fund introduced a new program to further invest in people. they had invested in schools. now they would invest in fellowships to individual scholars and crated workers as they called them. almost 1928 and 1948, 900 of these fellowship were awarded, the vast majority to african-americans. the roster