{"product_id":"9780253000866","title":"Edwin Rogers Embree: The Julius Rosenwald Fund, Foundation Philanthropy, and American Race Relations","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the most influential philanthropists of the early 20th century,\u003cbr\u003e Edwin Rogers Embree was the scion of generations of abolitionists and\u003cbr\u003e integrationists. He ably served the Rockefeller Foundation and when Julius Rosenwald\u003cbr\u003e created a foundation for his philanthropic activity, he called on Embree to be its\u003cbr\u003e head. The Rosenwald Fund is best known for constructing more than 5,300 schools for\u003cbr\u003e rural black communities in the South. In the 1940s, Embree became more personally\u003cbr\u003e engaged with race relations in the U.S. He chaired Chicago's Commission on Race\u003cbr\u003e Relations, helped create Roosevelt College, and was co-founder of the American\u003cbr\u003e Council on Race Relations. Late in life, Embree was president of the Liberian\u003cbr\u003e Foundation, devoted to improving health and education in Africa's oldest\u003cbr\u003e republic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120154263792,"sku":"9780253000866","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780253000866","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}