Julius Rosenwald and Rosenwald Schools National Historical Park Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9691 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9691 To establish the Julius Rosenwald and Rosenwald Schools National Historical Park, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 19, 2024 Mr. Davis of Illinois (for himself, Mr. Clyburn, and Mr. Cohen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish the Julius Rosenwald and Rosenwald Schools National Historical Park, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Julius Rosenwald and Rosenwald Schools National Historical Park Act''. SEC. 2. PURPOSES. The purposes of this Act are-- (1) to establish a unit of the National Park System-- (A) to commemorate the life and legacy of Julius Rosenwald, who-- (i) was the son of German-Jewish immigrants; (ii) helped make Sears, Roebuck and Co. the leading retailer in the United States for many years; (iii) used his enormous fortune to become a visionary philanthropist; and (iv) partnered with Booker T. Washington and approximately 5,000 African-American communities in the segregated South to build schools for children who had few or no educational opportunities; (B) to recognize the impact of the Rosenwald Schools, which-- (i) were constructed between 1912 and 1932 in 15 States; and (ii) educated more than 600,000 African- American children, including a number of graduates who became leaders in the civil rights movement, such as-- (I) Representative John Lewis; (II) Maya Angelou; (III) Medgar Evers; (IV) Nina Simone; and (V) Carlotta Walls LaNier; (C) to honor other important parts of the legacy of Julius Ros