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The Unsung Hero of Alabama's Black Education
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She Ran the NAACP Before Anyone Would Say Her Name: The Forgotten Story of Rosa Young Most people have never heard her name. Rosa Young built schools for Black children in rural Alabama when the state refused to. She wrote letters. She begged for funding. She fought alone. By 1916, she had established over 30 Lutheran mission schools across the Black Belt. Thousands of children learned to read because of her. History gave that credit to everyone else. Drop a name below if you know someone who deserves to be remembered. Follow for more stories Alabama never taught you.