Decade: 1900s
Black Education and Rockefeller Philanthropy from the Jim Crow South to the Civil Rights Era
Applying a vast fortune to the American race problem, but with decades of false assumptions and well-intended approaches that fell short.
Sour Milk: Preventing Infant Mortality with Public Health
Philanthropy’s role in cleaning up the milk supply prompted better federal food safety protections.
Photo Essay: The Rockefeller Sanitary Commission and the South
How battling hookworm on rural farms laid the groundwork for a global public health system.