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Edwin Rogers Embree [electronic resource] : The Julius Rosenwald Fund, Foundation Philanthropy, and American Race Relations / Alfred Perkins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Perkins, Alfred, 1936-
- Series:
- Philanthropic and nonprofit studies.
- Philanthropic & nonprofit studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Social conditions--To 1964.
- African Americans.
- Endowments--United States--History--20th century.
- Endowments.
- Philanthropists--United States--Biography.
- Philanthropists.
- United States--Race relations--History--20th century.
- United States.
- Chicago (Ill.)--Race relations--History--20th century.
- Chicago (Ill.).
- Julius Rosenwald Fund--Biography.
- Julius Rosenwald Fund.
- Rockefeller Foundation--Biography.
- Rockefeller Foundation.
- Embree, Edwin R. (Edwin Rogers), 1883-1950--Political and social views.
- Embree, Edwin R.
- Embree, Edwin R. (Edwin Rogers), 1883-1950.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (384 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-23578-1
- 9786613235787
- 0-253-00086-6
- OCLC:
- 735596196
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