Edwin Rogers Embree the Julius Rosenwald Fund, foundation philanthropy, and American race relations /

Perkins, Alfred, 1936-

Edwin Rogers Embree the Julius Rosenwald Fund, foundation philanthropy, and American race relations / [electronic resource] : Alfred Perkins. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2011. - xiii, 363 p. : ports. - Philanthropic and nonprofit studies . - Philanthropic and nonprofit studies. .

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780253000903 (electronic bk.)




Embree, Edwin R. 1883-1950.
Embree, Edwin R. 1883-1950 --Political and social views.


Rockefeller Foundation--Biography.
Julius Rosenwald Fund--Biography.


Philanthropists--United States--Biography.
Endowments--History--United States--20th century.
African Americans--Social conditions--To 1964.


Chicago (Ill.)--Race relations--History--20th century.
United States--Race relations--History--20th century.


Electronic books.

HV28.E348 / P47 2011

361.7/4092 B