At least I had never heard of it until a few days ago. It’s the story of how, 100 years ago during the Jim Crow era, 5000 schools for black students got built across the southeastern United States:

Born to Jewish immigrants, Julius Rosenwald rose to lead Sears, Roebuck & Company and turn it into the world’s largest retailer. Born into slavery, Booker T. Washington became the founding principal of Tuskegee Institute. In 1912 the two men launched an ambitious program to partner with black communities across the segregated South to build public schools for African American children. This watershed moment in the history of philanthropy―one of the earliest collaborations between Jews and African Americans―drove dramatic improvement in African American educational attainment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyLWd5F3CPQ



See also:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ-aIobNNlQ