Tuskegee educator Booker T. Washington and Julius Rosenwald, president of Sears, Roebuck & Company, initiated one of the most ambitious school building programs for African Americans in the United States. Oak Grove School was one of more than 5,300 school buildings constructed in 15 southern states between 1912 and 1932 with financial support from the Rosenwald Rural School Building Fund. In 1925, the local community matched Rosenwald's gift and hired Grover Scott to erect the school on land donated by George E. Willis. The first principal was Marie Carrington Jones from 1926 to 1936, followed by Dorothy Agnew Scott from 1926 to 1968. Other teachers included Louise Garrett, Rebecca Mattie Agnew Burks, Roxanna Garrett Dawson, Renona Crawford Martin, Elnora Wilson Barnfield Henderson, Lois Penny Stokes, Willie Glover Love, Eunice Beard, and Rosyln Worthy Bennett.