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.
[2] In 1914, the cotton boll weevil infested Wilcox County, and the resulting economic hardship meant that students' families were unable to afford the tuition.
Upon receiving her letter dated October 27, 1915, the conference's Mission Board sent Nils Bakke to Rosebud in January 1916 to investigate.
The number of congregations peaked in the 1930s, and the Great Migration led to the decline of rural communities generally and Lutheran churches in particular.