The Rosenwald schools program was a collaboration between a white, northern, Jewish businessman and a Black, southern, Christian educator. From 1912-37, when few American communities had public schools for Black students, the program built 4,978 schools across the segregated South and transformed America. It drove dramatic improvement in African American educational attainment and fostered the generation who became the leaders and foot soldiers of the civil rights movement. Andrew Feiler's images - for which he drove 25,000 miles - are the first major photographic account of the program.
Andrew Feiler is a photographer, author, and fifth-generation Jewish Georgian. Feiler has long been active in civic life. He has created a dozen community initiatives, serves on multiple non-profit boards, and is an advisor to political leaders. His art is an extension of his civic values.
Feiler’s photographs have been instrumental in the campaign to create a new US national park and inspired the composition of a symphony. His work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal and Smithsonian and in solo exhibitions across the US. His work is in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution.
Awards Eric Hoffer Book Award for Books about Culture, 2022
Axiom Book Award Gold Medal for Books about Corporate History, 2022
Association of University Presses, Book, Jacket, and Journal Award, 2022
Georgia State Archives, Georgia Historical Records Advisory Council Book Award for Advocacy, 2022
Photo Israel, Meitar Award for Excellence in Photography, Finalist, 2021
National Portrait Gallery, Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, Semifinalist, 2021
Photolucida, Critical Mass Top 50, 2020
