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number of white and negro people in North Carolina, thousands of them, who participated actively, whole heartdely in the planning and the building of Rosenwald schools. It was a magnificent ecperiment in cooperative interracial endeavor. There can be no doubt that this experience, participation, in an enterprise that meant so much for each community has been at least partially responsible for the racial good-will and generally friendly cooperation between the races which have prevailed in this state until today. Mr.Rosenwald often said it was unfair to name these "Rosenwald Schools" because his contribution was so small a precentage of the total cost; indeed, smaller even than that the three and a half million dollars supplied from public funds is a tribute to the god will of people, all people , who pay taxes. Many white people living in communities were Rosenwald schools were built shared in the public funds and also gave seventy-five thousand dollars out of their own private funds. Firfth-Beginnings made in the 1920's are futher important because of steps taken in the matter of higher education of Negroes. The General Assembly of 1925 created two four-year colleges for Negroes. a. The North Carolina College for Negroes, Durham, North Carlina. This institution was charted as a liberal arts college . the first such college it is claimed by its sponsors, established by a Legislature in the Sothern States.