Proposed national historic park would highlight history of SC’s Rosenwald schools for Black students

St. George Rosenwald School could serve as an example of how the schools appeared in their prime under a federal bill.

By: Skylar Laird

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: June 18, 2026

Words: 1,414

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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COLUMBIA — A school that opened 100 years ago for Black children in the Lowcountry could become part of a proposed, multi-state national historical park that connects the remaining structures where tens of thousands of students were educated in the Jim Crow South.

St. George Rosenwald School in rural Dorchester County, which reopened in 2023 as a museum, is among what’s left of nearly 5,000 schools built between 1912 and 1932.

A federal …

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