Aviva Kempner presented her documentary “Rosenwald” to students and Newton County residents Wednesday. The documentary focused on the story of Julius Rosenwald, who joined forces with African American communities during the Jim Crow era to build more than 5,300 schools throughout the South during the early part of the 20th century, one of which was located in Oxford in Newton County. Pieces of the local school can still be seen to this day, Rev. Lyn Pace, the college chaplain whose office sponsored the documentary screening, said.
Rosenwald shown at Oxford