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Welcome
to Our Site

We welcome you to our site. Our mission is to promote history, empower people and revitalize communities. To restore and preserve Rosenwald Schools, our rich legacies and histories, as well as that  of former Colored Schools, of which played a significant role in the formalization of education in North Carolina. 

  Our first organization of these efforts started under "Spectrum for Living Self-Help Outreach of Snow Hill/Greene County, Inc."  It was incorporated on October 19, 1992,  by JoAnn Artis Stevens and Willard Ray Stevens founders. Mr. James Williams Jr.  of Snow Hill embraced our vision and agreed to serve with us in this amazing undertaking.  

   Our quest was and remains to preserve and utilize the Colored School, Greene County Training School/South Greene High and the now Rosenwald Memorial (South Greene) Ball Field as catalyst for economic development purposes in  the uplift of the West Harper Street and surrounding areas.   The schools  were  in part abandoned and we obtained the go ahead from then Greene County Board of Education's Superintendent  Dr. Steven Mazingo to clean up the gym, establish  office space in  the Colored School  and begin the process of stabilization.  We gained support from our communities and local governments along with letters of support.  After learning the Colored School was a Washington/Rosenwald School, we reorganized under the name Rosenwald Center for Cultural Enrichment, which was later incorporated in 2004. 

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Our Community  Impact

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Honoring the past &

 Building
       the Future

Happy 100th Year Anniversary - Colored High School

               Snow Hill, North Carolina - A Historic Site

                                        Circa - 1925 - 2025

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

IS COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT

Rosenwald"South Greene " Memorial Ballfield

602 West Harper St.

Snow Hill, N.C. 

*AN AFRICAN AMERICAN*

HISTORIC SITE

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Projects We Completed

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What We Do

Through various projects we continue to uplift the history of Washington/Rosenwald Schools in Greene County, as community cultural landmarks. We continue to advocate for preservation and restoration of these schools, as Economic Development Drivers in the West Harper Street Area and surrounding communites.

Education & Legacy Awareness​

Community Building

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Youth Development & Mentorship

Notebook and Fountain Pen

       Historic           Perspective

Insights and perspectives  

These efforts honor the transformative legacy of our forefathers and the original School and education program of Booker T. Washington, which was supported by Julius Rosenwald establishing a fund to support them. These efforts  provided vital educational access to African American children throughout the south. We strive to Right History. Much of the history and trajectories of North Carolina, roots spring from what was once called "Contentnea". Our Best Chapel School was situated off Best Chapel School Road, connecting to Nooherooka Road in Greene County, N.C..

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    Visiting

Rosenwald Center is a Historic Site along with the Rosenwald Memorial (South Greene) Ball Field. Rosenwald Center is a Community Development Corporation. The facility is currently not open to the public but the public can always visit the site.

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