The Ratcliff Rosenwald School stood as a symbol of Black America's pride in education and of Julius Rosenwald's campaign to fund school buildings for Negroes, which he began in 1913. Built in 1920 as a one-teacher structure at Ratcliff, four miles east, it was financed through a Rosenwald grant matched in this case by Houston County funds. Alfred Foy, a veteran of brush arbor and log cabin classrooms, taught there from 1920 to 1923 and from 1924 to 1927; Miss Detroit Denman taught from 1923 to 1924; and Mrs. Evola Colbert Dorn taught from 1927 to 1955. The pupils' playground equipment included a baseball diamond, basketball goal, mulberry tree, and swing, while patrons brought in food and made sure the children had hot lunches. Classes ended in 1955 when the Ratcliff school was consolidated with Kennard Common School District No. 75. From 1955 to 1968 the building served as a community center for socials and public meetings, and in 1968 it was moved to Kennard for use by Headstart and related programs. Texas had 518 school buildings funded by the Rosenwald Foundation, including 22 in Houston County, providing classrooms for thousands.