Shiloh-Rosenwald School . The Shiloh-Rosenwald School, located in Notasulga, was a collaboration between educator Booker T. Washington and Julius Rosenwald, CEO of Sears. Rosenwald schools are landmarks in the history of African-American education in this country. Considered “Schools of Hope,“ many of these educational facilities have silently disappeared from the landscape. Many became victims of neglect and abandonment. The Shiloh-Rosenwald School sits on the oldest Rosenwald community. One of the first six schools was built here. It is a two-teacher type school designed by Tuskegee Institute architects. The bricks were made by hand by Tuskegee students. The three-room school accommodated grades 1-6. The Rosenwald fund was not a handout. The African American community contributed much of the funds to the building of the school. Notasulga was organized in 1893 and is the birthplace of noted author Zora Neale Hurston (1/7/1891), an American folklorist who gained prominence during the Harlem Renaissance.,
Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church . The Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church was organized in 1870 and was the first recruitment site of the infamous Tuskegee syphilis study to determine the effects of untreated syphilis on the Negro male. More men were recruited from this site than any other site. Noted Civil Rights Attorney Fred Gray demanded an apology from the government on behalf of the participants and descendants from Shiloh. The study lasted 40 years. The church is well preserved and remains in tact. The bell that hangs in the steeple is the original operable bell from a previous wooden structure built in the late 1870s. The Shiloh Cemetery holds the remains of the largest number of men from the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. Graves in this cemetery date back as far as 1874. Most graves are marked with a simple headstone.
Shiloh-Rosenwald School
The Shiloh-Rosenwald School, located in Notasulga, was a collaboration between educator Booker T. Washington and Julius Rosenwald, CEO of Sears. Rosenwald schools are landmarks in the history of African-American education in this country. Considered “Schools of Hope,“ many of these educational facilities have silently disappeared from the landscape. Many became victims of neglect and abandonment. The Shiloh-Rosenwald School sits on the oldest Rosenwald community. One of the first six schools was built here. It is a two-teacher type school designed by Tuskegee Institute architects. The bricks were made by hand by Tuskegee students. The three-room school accommodated grades 1-6. The Rosenwald fund was not a handout. The African American community contributed much of the funds to the building of the school. Notasulga was organized in 1893 and is the birthplace of noted author Zora Neale Hurston (1/7/1891), an American folklorist who gained prominence during the Harlem Renaissance.
Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church
The Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church was organized in 1870 and was the first recruitment site of the infamous Tuskegee syphilis study to determine the effects of untreated syphilis on the Negro male. More men were recruited from
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this site than any other site. Noted Civil Rights Attorney Fred Gray demanded an apology from the government on behalf of the participants and descendants from Shiloh. The study lasted 40 years. The church is well preserved and remains in tact. The bell that hangs in the steeple is the original operable bell from a previous wooden structure built in the late 1870s. The Shiloh Cemetery holds the remains of the largest number of men from the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. Graves in this cemetery date back as far as 1874. Most graves are marked with a simple headstone.
Erected 2010 by Alabama Tourism Department and the Town of Notasulga.
Location. 32° 31.635′ N, 85° 40.695′ W. Marker is near Notasulga, Alabama, in Macon County. Marker is at the intersection of Tuskegee Street (Alabama Route 81) and Shiloh Road, on the right when traveling north on Tuskegee Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Tuskegee Street, Notasulga AL 36866, United States of America. Touch for directions.
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Also see . . . 1. The Shiloh School history. Shiloh Community Restoration Foundation website entry (Submitted on June 9, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
2. Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church. Shiloh Community Restoration Foundation website entry (Submitted on June 9, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
3. Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on June 11, 2020, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
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3. Shiloh-Rosenwald School Marker (Side 1)
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4. Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church
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5. Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
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6. Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery Marker
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7. Booker T. Washington / Julius Rosenwald
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