Washington's efforts included cooperating with white people and enlisting the support of wealthy philanthropists, helping to raise funds to establish and operate thousands of small community schools and institutions of higher education for the betterment of blacks throughout the South.
Washington's efforts included cooperating with white people and enlisting the support of wealthy philanthropists. Beginning in the 1920s, with the help of Julius Rosenthal, he raised funds to build and operate thousands of new, small rural schools and institutions of higher education to improve education for blacks throughout the South.