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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456622703321

Autore

Perkins Alfred <1936->

Titolo

Edwin Rogers Embree [[electronic resource] ] : The Julius Rosenwald Fund, Foundation Philanthropy, and American Race Relations / / Alfred Perkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2011

ISBN

1-283-23578-1

9786613235787

0-253-00086-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (384 p.)

Collana

Philanthropic & nonprofit studies

Disciplina

361.74092

Soggetti

African Americans - Social conditions - To 1964

Endowments - United States - History - 20th century

Philanthropists - United States

Electronic books.

United States Race relations History 20th century

Chicago (Ill.) Race relations History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontier outposts, singular village, prestigious university -- Learning philanthropy : from apprentice to master craftsman -- Someone to keep Julius Rosenwald straight -- Southern initiatives, asset collapse, transformation -- Character to cope with disagreement -- Toward "full democracy" -- On the national stage -- Celebrations, proclamations, tributes.

Sommario/riassunto

One of the most influential philanthropists of the early 20th century, Edwin Rogers Embree was the scion of generations of abolitionists and integrationists. He ably served the Rockefeller Foundation and when Julius Rosenwald created a foundation for his philanthropic activity, he called on Embree to be its head. The Rosenwald Fund is best known for constructing more than 5,300 schools for rural black communities in the South. In the 1940's, Embree became more personally engaged with race relations