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Julius Rosenwald. Julius Rosenwald (August 12, 1862 – January 6, 1932) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He is best known as a part-owner and leader of Sears, Roebuck and Company, and for establishing the Rosenwald Fund, which donated millions in matching funds to promote vocational or technical education.
Jan 15, 2020 · Photo Illustration by The 74. (Architectural plans courtesy of Rosenwald Fund/Historysouth.org; photos courtesy of John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library/Fisk University) By Beth Hawkins. January 15, 2020. I n 1910, Julius Rosenwald, president of the Sears, Roebuck mail-order empire, read Booker T. Washington’s Up From Slavery, an account ...
Mar 30, 2021 · Michael J. Solender. Little more than a century ago, deep in America’s rural South, a community-based movement ignited by two unexpected collaborators quietly grew to become so transformative ...
Apr 1, 2018 · A rare 1909 photograph of the Rosenwald family shows, from left, Lessing, with William on his lap, JR holding Marion and Edith, and to the right Gussie and Adele. During the summer months, the family moved out to Tel Aviv , a country estate in the Ravinia section of Highland Park.
Julius Rosenwald (1862-1932) "Treat people fairly and honestly and generously and their response will be fair and honest and generous." Julius Rosenwald was born August 12, 1862, in Springfield, Ill. His father, Samuel, had traveled to Springfield several years earlier to run a clothing store for his wife's family.
Sep 16, 2006 · Julius Rosenwald built Sears & Roebuck into a corporate power, then turned to philanthropy. His Rosenwald Schools educated African-American children throughout the rural South. Grandson, Peter ...
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Julius Rosenwald was born in Springfield, Illinois on August 12, 1862, while Abraham Lincoln was president of the United States, in a home on Seventh Street only a block away from the Lincoln family home. Seven years later, the Rosenwalds moved to a home on Eighth Street across from Lincoln’s home. The house is now part of Lincoln Home ...
