Former students of Rosenwald schools in Gloucester County were honored at a Legacy Tea at Holly Knoll in Cappahosic on Sunday.

Dozens attended the event, which was sponsored by the T.C. Walker and Woodville/Rosenwald School Foundation with support from the Gloucester Institute.

Kay Coles James, president and founder of the Gloucester Institute, welcomed guests in the newly-completed conference room at the Moton Center, where Holly Knoll is located. Boy Scout Troop 113 presented the colors.

Warren Deal of the T.C. Walker and Woodville/Rosenwald School Foundation explained that the effort to establish Rosenwald schools in Gloucester was led by T.C. Walker and supported by the parents and families of many of those in attendance.

“This is a long overdue reunion and celebration of what your families did and of what you have done in your lives,” Deal said.

Rosenwald schools were built in the South during the 1920s partly from contributions made by Julius Rosenwald, then chai...