Historical Rosenwald School in Fluker, Louisiana

Fluker School
 Fluker, Louisiana

Fluker, Louisiana is were my paternal side of the family lived. Fluker is a small unincorporated town.

My father shared with me how life was for African American people who lived in Fluker, Louisiana.

Fluker, Louisiana was founded by Richard Amacker Kent and named for his father, a Confederated named James Fluker Kent. Fluker was the maiden names of Fluker Kent's mother, was was the daughter of Colonel Robert Fluker, a veteran of New Orleans.

Historic Name Fluker School Current Name Building Plan One-teacher type Building Type School Budget Year 1925-26 Current Address Land (Acreage) 2.00 County Tangipahoa Parish State Louisiana Application # 3-E Total Cost $1800.00 Notes Additional Comments Funding Sources       » Negroes $300.00       » Whites $1,000.00       » Public $100.00       » Rosenwald $400.00
Source: Fisk University Rosenwald Fund Card File Database

Historical Rosenwald School in St.Helena Parish, Louisiana

St. Helena Parish Colored School
Photo Courtesy of Dewayne Cook

My associate Leonard Smith III, sent me an email that got my attention about the historical Rosenwald School in Louisiana. 

Julius Rosenwald -(1862-1932) became interested in the welfare of Negroes established the Julius Rosenwald Fund, which had to be spent within 25 years of his death to better condition for Negroes through education. 

More than 5,000 schools for Negroes in 15 southern states( including Louisiana and especially St. Helena Parish). 


He became known as the father  of the Negro Parish Training School, a school for Negroes, located in a Negro community, usually a mile or two from a town.

Historic Name	Harrell Industrial
Current Name
Building Plan	Two-teacher type
Building Type	School
Budget Year	1928-29
Current Address
Land (Acreage)	3.00
County	St. Helena Parish
State	Louisiana
Application #	30-H
Total Cost	$2400.00
Notes
Additional Comments
Funding Sources
» Negroes	$850.00
» Whites	$260.00
» Public	$790.00
» Rosenwald Source: Fisk University Rosensald Fund Cart Database.