We Love You, Charlie Freeman: A Novel

Who is the main financial supporter of the Toneybee Institute in the book, We Love You, Charlie Freeman: A Novel?

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Julia Toneybee-Leroy is the very old, white heiress to the Toneybee and Leroy fortunes, funds which she pours into the Toneybee Institute. Julia is a kind, thoughtful, and responsible woman who is taken aback when she learns about Gardner’s experiments and activities sixty years ago. Julia delivers an apology in letter form to blacks, saying she originally founded the Institute to communicate with chimpanzees after killing one while on safari in the Congo and feeling guilty about it. The founding of the Institute had nothing to do with people and race. Julia does not want to be blamed for Gardner’s work, but she does accept responsibility for it while offering an apology for what was done.

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We Love You, Charlie Freeman: A Novel, BookRags