Julius Rosenthal
Julius Rosenthal · Civil Rights & Human Rights
Chicago lawyer counted among the founders/early signatories of the NAACP in its 1909 founding.
1828, Liedolsheim, Baden, Germany — 1905, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Chicago, Illinois
Julius Rosenthal is recognized among Jewish contributors to Civil Rights & Human Rights — Chicago lawyer counted among the founders/early signatories of the NAACP in its 1909 founding.
Julius Rosenthal was a German-born Jewish American lawyer who became a leading figure of the Chicago bar, serving as public administrator of Cook County and helping build the city's legal and library institutions. He is remembered among the Jewish figures associated with early civil rights and philanthropic causes in Chicago. His civic leadership reflected the era's German-Jewish tradition of public service.
Verify and go deeper with these external references.
Source: Jews in the civil rights movement (Wikipedia); Library of Congress (NAACP exhibition)
Chicago lawyer counted among the founders/early signatories of the NAACP in its 1909 founding.
Source: Jews in the civil rights movement (Wikipedia); Library of Congress (NAACP exhibition)
Similar Contributors
Stephen S. Wise
Emil G. Hirsch
Joel Elias Spingarn
Jacob Schiff
