Describes how Julius Rosenwald, president of Sears, Roebuck and Company, helped financially support the building of more than 5,300 Southern schools for African American students in a period of twenty years. Interest Level: 5-8 Reading Level: 8.9 ATOS Book Level: 7.9 AR Interest Level: MG AR Points: 2 AR Quiz: 175305EN Reading Counts Level: 11.7 Reading Counts Points: 5 Lexile Measure: 1180.