T. J. Elder High and Industrial School

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T.J. Elder High and Industrial School in Sandersville is one of the few Rosenwald school buildings known to have survived in Georgia. The Julius Rosenwald Fund supported the construction of 242 vocational schools for African American children in the state from 1912 to 1932.

Courtesy of Historic Preservation Division, Georgia Department of Community Affairs.

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