Book Release with Roberta Gratz

Celebrate the release of Roberta Gratz’s Fearless Philanthropy: Edith Rosenwald Stern’s Campaigns to Transform Lives in New Orleans. Join us for refreshments and a book signing with the author. Both Fearless Philanthropy and We’re Still Here Ya Bastards: How the People of New Orleans Rebuilt Their City will be available for preorder. Stay tuned for details. Register About the Book In Fearless Philanthropy, Roberta Brandes Gratz tells the story of Edith Rosenwald Stern—rich, progressive, and Jewish—who arrived in New Orleans in 1921, the wife of successful cotton broker Edgar Bloom Stern. Edith encountered a city rife with racism and antisemitism, and run by a set of entrenched social rules that she was not about to abide by. Her father, Julius Rosenwald of Sears & Roebuck, one of the richest men in America, had begun transforming lives of Black Americans in the South through his efforts to promote Black education. Edith proceeded to follow in his footsteps, and with her willing partner Edgar helped revolutionize aspects of New Orleans still visible today. Read more here. About the Author Roberta Brandes Gratz is an award-winning journalist, urban critic, lecturer, and author of several books, including We’re Still Here Ya Bastards: How the People of New Orleans Rebuilt Their City. Gratz is a former reporter for the New York Post and has written for The Nation, the New York Times Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Daily News. She lives in New York City and New Orleans. Questions? Contact us at [email protected] or call (504) 488-5488.