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

• Autore: Perkins Alfred <1936->
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (384 p.)
• Disciplina: 361.74092
• Soggetto topico: African Americans - Social conditions - To 1964; Endowments - United States - History - 20th century; Philanthropists - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Race relations History 20th century; Chicago (Ill.) Race relations History 20th century
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Edwin Rogers Embree
• ISBN: 1-283-23578-1; 9786613235787; 0-253-00086-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781204103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Philanthropic and nonprofit studies.