| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 363 pages) : illustrations. |
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Philanthropic & nonprofit studies
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Philanthropic and nonprofit studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| 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 1940s, Embree became more personally engaged with race relations in the U.S. He chaired Chicago's Commission on Race Relations, helped create Roosevelt College, and was co-founder of the American Council on Race Relations. Late in life, Embree was president of the Liberian Foundation, devoted to improving health and education in Africa's oldest republic. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Embree, Edwin R. (Edwin Rogers), 1883-1950.
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Embree, Edwin R. (Edwin Rogers), 1883-1950 -- Political and social views.
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Rockefeller Foundation -- Biography.
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Julius Rosenwald Fund -- Biography.
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Embree, Edwin R., 1883-1950 (Embree, Edwin Rogers) -- Political and social views. |
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Rockefeller Foundation -- Biography -- Biography. |
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Julius Rosenwald Fund -- Biography -- Biography. |
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Embree, Edwin R. (Edwin Rogers), 1883-1950. |
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Julius Rosenwald Fund. |
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Rockefeller Foundation. |
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Philanthropists -- United States -- Biography.
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Endowments -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Social conditions -- To 1964.
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Chicago (Ill.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
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United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
To 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Biography.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Perkins, Alfred, 1936- Edwin Rogers Embree. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2011 9780253356048 (DLC) 2010036733 (OCoLC)641506669 |
| ISBN |
9780253000866 (electronic bk.) |
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0253000866 (electronic bk.) |
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9780253356048 |
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0253356040 |
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