The program will begin at 1 p.m. at the school house, which is located on the grounds of the 4-H Rural Life Center where Harvest Day is held on October 4.

The author.

Deutsch, author of You Need a Schoolhouse, will talk about her book and the vision of Booker T. Washington and Julius Rosenwald. Their vision, Halifax County Library Director Ginny Orvedahl said in a statement, resulted in the construction of school buildings for African American children throughout the south. Deutsch, a Washington, DC-based writer, says she became interested in the story of the Rosenwald Schools, because her husband is a great-grandson of Julius Rosenwald.

Her book came out in 2011; 100 years after Washington and Rosenwald met.

She is an active member of the Capitol Hill Community Foundation, a nonprofit that gives away grants primarily to causes benefitting children.

In addition to her presentation, she will also hold a book signing. Books will be available for purchase for $20 each. Cash or personal checks will be accepted. The Allen Grove Rosenwald School was moved to the rural life center from its original site on Highway 561.

Several descendents of Cary Pittman, builder of the Allen Grove School, as well as several other Rosenwald Schools in the area, are sponsoring the program, which is free and open to the public. For more information, please call the Halifax County Library at 252-583-3631.