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September 11, 2001
“We will remember every
rescuer who died in honor.
We will remember every
family that lives in grief.”
– President George W. Bush
November 11, 2001
The steel cap atop this memorial came from the . . . — — Map (db m233980) WM
Apex Elementary, a public school for Black students, opened in 1932
during the era of segregation. Apex was one of over 5000 schools built
to improve education for Black children, the result of collaboration between
Booker T. Washington and . . . — — Map (db m233977) HM
J. Rosenwald of Sears and Roebuck
($700), the Black Community ($890)
and the State of NC funded the original Friendship School located .3 miles
east. During the Jim Crow Era, the Rosenwald
Fund helped build 5,300 schools from MD to TX
from 1913 . . . — — Map (db m233972) HM
