Julius Rosenwald

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Julius Rosenwald (August 12 1862 - January 6, 1932) was a U.S. clothier, manufacturer, business executive, and philanthropist. He is best known as a part-owner and leader of Sears, Roebuck and Company, and for the Rosenwald Fund which donated millions to support the education of African Americans and other philanthropic causes in the first half of the 20th century. Wikipedia

Born:
August 12, 1862
Died:
January 6, 1932

Websites about Julius Rosenwald

  • Saving the Rosenwald Schools

    In 1928, the Rosenwald Fund supported construction of the Highland Park School, the second school to educate black high-schoolers in Prince George's County, Maryland.
    www.aliciapatterson.org/APF2004/Granat/Granat.html

  • Wikipedia

    The definitive Wikipedia entry for Julius Rosenwald. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet.
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