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Rosenwald Fund for Negroes established.

1917

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It is established by the white progressive philanthropist Julius Rosenwald of Chicago. Between 1928 and 1940, the Fund will give $1,250,000 to build "Negro" hospitals and train doctors and nurses, helping out the two main "Negro" medical schools at the time—Howard in Washington and Meharry in Nashville.