10/27/2025
We did it! Saturday night, Storyteller Studios won a Regional Emmy Award for The Legacy of Julius Rosenwald!
Huge congratulations to Kevin Christensen, Eli Ommen, and Lydia Stuemke for their outstanding work on this project. This documentary tells the remarkable story of Julius Rosenwald, whose philanthropy built more than 5,000 schools for African-American children across the South in the early 20th century.
Thank you to Looking For Lincoln and Lincoln Presidential Foundation for trusting us with this important story.
The film features:
Cliff Mirabella portraying Julius Rosenwald
Peter Ascoli, Julius Rosenwald’s Grandson and biographer of "Julius Rosenwald: The Man Who Built Sears, Roebuck and Advanced the Cause of Black Education in the American South,"
Carolyn Blackwell, Alumna, Rosenwald School, Providence, KY
Nathan Grant, Ph.D, Editor-in-Chief, African American Review Associate Professor, English, Saint Louis University
Steven Nasatir, Ph.D, Executive Vice Chairman, Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Chicago
Nancy Sage, former Executive Director of Jewish Federation of Springfield, Illinois
Special thanks also to the following film locations:
Lincoln Home National Historic Site
Jewish Federation of Chicago
Temple B’rith Sholom
This film was created to be used in the Julius Rosenwald Exhibit Project led by Lincoln Presidential Foundation.