Henry Moskowitz
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Henry Moskowitz (1879 – December 18, 1936) was a civil rights activist, and one of the co-founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
[edit] Biography
He was born in 1879 in Romania.
In 1914, he married Belle Lindner Israels (1877–1933). In 1914, Mayor John Purroy Mitchel appointed him president of the Municipal Civil Service Commission. In 1917 he served as the Commissioner of Public Markets in New York City.
He died on December 18, 1936.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ "Henry Moskowitz Dies; Leader in Settlements Here and in Many Political and Labor Movements, Former Aide of Smith. Formerly Markets Commissioner and Chairman of the Civil Service Commission". New York Times. December 18, 1936. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40814FA3959167B93CAA81789D95F428385F9. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
