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Author Perkins, Alfred, 1936-

Title Edwin Rogers Embree [electronic resource] : the Julius Rosenwald Fund, foundation philanthropy, and American race relations / Alfred Perkins.

Imprint Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2011.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xiii, 363 p. : ports.
Series Philanthropic and nonprofit studies
Philanthropic and nonprofit studies.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Embree, Edwin R. (Edwin Rogers), 1883-1950.
Embree, Edwin R. (Edwin Rogers), 1883-1950 -- Political and social views.
Rockefeller Foundation -- Biography.
Julius Rosenwald Fund -- Biography.
Philanthropists -- United States -- Biography.
Endowments -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Social conditions -- To 1964.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780253356048 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780253356093
9780253000903 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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