About Rosa Young
Rosa Jinsey Young (May 14, 1890 – June 30, 1971) was an African American Lutheran educator who worked primarily in the Black Belt of Alabama. Born in Rosebud, Alabama, to Grant, an African Methodist Episcopal pastor, and Nancy Young, Rosa Young was the valedictorian of her 1909 graduating class at Daniel Payne College in Selma, Alabama. She founded her first school, Rosebud Literary and Industrial School, in 1912. Within two years, attendance at her school grew from 7 to 215.
- Occupation
- teacher
- Born
- May 14, 1890
- Died
- June 30, 1971
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