02850oam 22006014a 450 991045662270332120210114093716.01-283-23578-197866132357870-253-00086-6(CKB)2550000000039759(EBL)713661(OCoLC)735596196(SSID)ssj0000522242(PQKBManifestationID)11336245(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000522242(PQKBWorkID)10528435(PQKB)11206059(MdBmJHUP)muse17084(MiAaPQ)EBC713661(EXLCZ)99255000000003975920100903d2011 uy 0engtxtccrEdwin Rogers Embree[electronic resource] The Julius Rosenwald Fund, Foundation Philanthropy, and American Race Relations /Alfred PerkinsBloomington Indiana University Pressc20111 online resource (384 p.)Philanthropic & nonprofit studiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-253-35604-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 relationsPhilanthropic and nonprofit studies.African AmericansSocial conditionsTo 1964EndowmentsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryPhilanthropistsUnited StatesBiographyUnited StatesRace relationsHistory20th centuryChicago (Ill.)Race relationsHistory20th centuryElectronic books.African AmericansSocial conditionsEndowmentsHistoryPhilanthropists361.74092Perkins Alfred1936-977057MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910456622703321Edwin Rogers Embree2225792UNINA