Uplifting a people : African American philanthropy and education / edited by Marybeth Gasman, Katherine Sedgwick.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gasman, Marybeth.

Sedgwick, Katherine, 1976-

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Charities.

African Americans.

African Americans--Charitable contributions.

African American philanthropists.

Endowments--United States.

Endowments.

United States.

Physical Description:

x, 204 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang, [2005]

Contents:

Nineteenth century traditions of benevolence and education : toward a conceptual framework of Black philanthropy / Jayne Beilke

Standing on their own : African American engagements with educational philanthropy in antebellum America / Jeffrey Mullins

Booker T. Washington : philanthropy and aesthetics / Michael Bieze

Creating an image for Black college fundraising : an illustrated examination of the United Negro College Fund's publicity, 1944-1960 / Marybeth Gasman and Edward M. Epstein

Thurgood Marshall : a study of philanthropy through racial uplift / Noah D. Drezner

The Links, Incorporated : advocacy, education, and service in the African American community / Kijua Sanders-McMurtry and Nia Woods Haydel

A.G. Gaston : a story of philosophy, perseverance, and philanthropy / Fred H. Downs

Not in vain : the philanthropic endeavors of C. Eric Lincoln / Darryl Holloman

Howard Thurman : a life journey for service, religion, and philanthropy / Mark Giles

Quiet grace, clothed spirit : Oseola McCarty and the benevolence of a gift / Marci M. Middleton

A gift of art : Jacob Lawrence as philanthropist / Edward Epstein.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-194) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

0820474746

OCLC:

56528162