A Force for Change: African American Art and the Julius Rosenwald Fund June 1, 2010

'A Force for Change' is the first exhibition to explore the legacy of the Julius Rosenwald Fund, created in 1917 by the well known Chicago businessman and philanthropist. The Rosenwald Fund's Fellowship Program was designed to foster black leadership through the arts, literature and scholarship, and between 1928 and 1948, the program awarded stipends to hundreds of African American artists, writers and scholars across many disciplines