Sandy Clay Rosenwald School

The Rosenwald money was never enough on its own. Mississippi ended up with 637 Rosenwald-assisted buildings, second only to North Carolina, and Black families raised the matching funds through churches, fraternal lodges and donations out of their farm income. Sandy Clay was one of them, built in 1930 by local residents on Bedford Road. It replaced a school that Mount Union Missionary Baptist Church began in 1878. Sandy Clay, for whom it was named, was born into slavery in 1863 and died in 1925.

Where it stands

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