Meet the Author - Andrew Feiler discusses Rosenwald Schools

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Andrew Feiler

On Wednesday, June 30, The Literary Guild of St. Simons Island presents Author and photographer Andrew Feiler at their Meet the Author Series event. He’ll be talking about his book, A Better Life for Their Children: Julius Rosenwald, Booker T. Washington, and the 4,978 Schools That Changed America. Julius Rosenwald and Booker T. Washington forged one of the earliest collaborations between Jews and African Americans to create schools throughout the nation for black children who had no access to publicly funded education. From 1912 to 1937, the Rosenwald schools program built 4,978 schools for African American children across fifteen southern and border states. In what is the first comprehensive photographic account of the Rosenwald Schools program, Andrew Feiler drove more than 25,000 miles and photographed 105 schools to produce this stunning book. Andrew is a fifth-generation Georgian, and an award-winning photographer whose work has been featured in museums, galleries, and magazines and is in a number of private collections. The discussion will be held in Room 108 at the St. Simons Casino at 10:30 a.m. Admission is free for Guild members and $10 for nonmembers. Seating will be limited and masks are required. Please make reservations at https://bit.ly/LitGuild2021.