| 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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| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| 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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| SUBJECT |
Embree, Edwin R. (Edwin Rogers), 1883-1950 fast |
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Rockefeller Foundation -- Biography
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Julius Rosenwald Fund -- Biography
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Julius Rosenwald Fund fast |
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Rockefeller Foundation fast |
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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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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Philanthropy & Charity.
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African Americans -- Social conditions
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Endowments
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Philanthropists
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Political and social views
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Race relations
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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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Illinois -- Chicago
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
collective biographies.
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780253000866 |
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0253000866 |
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0253000904 |
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9780253000903 |
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1283235781 |
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9781283235785 |
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9786613235787 |
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6613235784 |
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