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Book SynopsisShows The Julius Rosenwald Fund's initiative to address issues relating to the unequal treatment of blacks in American life. This book also constitutes a who's who of African American artists and intellectuals of the first half of the twentieth century.
Table of ContentsForeword - Rhoda Rosen; Acknowledgments - Stacl Boris, Rhoda Rosen, Daniel Schulman; Introduction - Daniel Schulman; Julius Rosenwald: Unconventional Philanthropist - Peter M. Ascoli; Investment in Talent: Edwin Rogers Embree and the Julius Rosenwald Fellowships - Alfred Perkins; Writers and the Julius Rosenwald Fund - Darryl Pinckney; African American Art and the Julius Rosenwald Fund - Daniel Schulman; Color Plates; "My Feet are Again on This Earth": Dance and the Julius Rosenwald Fund - Julia Foulkes; Between Two Worlds: Writing a Life of Activism - Kinshasha Holman Conwill; Exhibition Checklist; Appendix: Rosenwald Fellowship Recipients; Contributors; Photography Credits.
