Julius Rosenwald

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Julius Rosenwald was an American businessman and philanthropist best known for leading Sears, Roebuck & Co. and funding thousands of schools for African American children in the rural South.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Julius Rosenwald canonical 16
Rosenwald 6
Julius Rosenwald Fund 2

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson ⓘ
human ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
boardMemberOf University of Chicago ⓘ
burialPlace Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago ⓘ
businessPartner Richard Warren Sears ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart-related illness ⓘ
child Lessing J. Rosenwald ⓘ
collaboratedWith Booker T. Washington ⓘ
commemoratedBy Rosenwald Courts Apartments (Chicago public housing, historically) ⓘ
documentary film "Rosenwald" ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1862-08-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1932-01-06 ⓘ
donatedTo Jewish charities in Chicago ⓘ
University of Chicago ⓘ
YMCA ⓘ
employer Sears, Roebuck & Co. ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish American ⓘ
familyName Rosenwald ⓘ
linked to: Julius Rosenwald
founded Julius Rosenwald Fund ⓘ
linked to: Julius Rosenwald
fullName Julius Rosenwald ⓘ
givenName Julius ⓘ
ideology progressive philanthropy ⓘ
knownFor funding schools for African American children in the rural South ⓘ
leadership of Sears, Roebuck & Co. ⓘ
legacy Rosenwald schools across the American South ⓘ
memberOf Chicago Board of Education ⓘ
notableProject Julius Rosenwald Fund school-building program ⓘ
notableWork Rosenwald schools program ⓘ
numberOfSchoolsFundedEstimate over 5000 schools, shops, and teacher homes ⓘ
occupation business executive ⓘ
merchant ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
philanthropicFocus African American education ⓘ
Jewish charities ⓘ
higher education ⓘ
race relations in the United States ⓘ
settlement houses ⓘ
philanthropicModel matching grants for community participation ⓘ
placeOfBirth Springfield, Illinois, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Highland Park, Illinois, United States ⓘ
positionHeld chairman of Sears, Roebuck & Co. ⓘ
president of Sears, Roebuck & Co. ⓘ
regionOfActivity Midwestern United States ⓘ
Southern United States ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
spouse Augusta Nusbaum Rosenwald ⓘ
supportedInstitution Tuskegee Institute ⓘ
linked to: Tuskegee University

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Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sears, Roebuck & Co. → keyPerson → Julius Rosenwald ⓘ
American Cancer Society → foundedBy → Julius Rosenwald ⓘ
Julius Rosenwald → fullName → Julius Rosenwald ⓘ
Julius Rosenwald → familyName → Rosenwald ⓘ
linked to: Julius Rosenwald
Julius Rosenwald → founded → Julius Rosenwald Fund ⓘ
linked to: Julius Rosenwald
Oak Woods Cemetery → burialPlaceOf → Julius Rosenwald ⓘ
Kenwood District → notableResident → Julius Rosenwald ⓘ
Kenwood → hasNotableResident → Julius Rosenwald ⓘ
Aviva Kempner → notableWork → Rosenwald ⓘ
linked to: Julius Rosenwald
Aviva Kempner → directed → Rosenwald ⓘ
linked to: Julius Rosenwald
Rosenwald schools program → namedAfter → Julius Rosenwald ⓘ
Rosenwald schools program → funder → Julius Rosenwald ⓘ
Rosenwald → title → Rosenwald ⓘ
subject linked to: documentary film "Rosenwald"
linked to: Julius Rosenwald
Rosenwald → mainSubject → Julius Rosenwald ⓘ
subject linked to: documentary film "Rosenwald"
Rosenwald Courts Apartments → fundedBy → Julius Rosenwald ⓘ
Rosenwald Courts Apartments → developer → Julius Rosenwald ⓘ
Rosenwald Courts Apartments → namedAfter → Julius Rosenwald ⓘ
Rosenwald Courts Apartments → significantProjectOf → Julius Rosenwald Fund ⓘ
linked to: Julius Rosenwald
Augusta Nusbaum Rosenwald → familyName → Rosenwald ⓘ
linked to: Julius Rosenwald
Augusta Nusbaum Rosenwald → spouse → Julius Rosenwald ⓘ
Lessing J. Rosenwald → familyName → Rosenwald ⓘ
linked to: Julius Rosenwald
Armand Deutsch → relative → Julius Rosenwald ⓘ
Roger W. Straus Jr. → relative → Julius Rosenwald ⓘ