Henry Moskowitz
*Henry Moskowitz was born on this date in 1880. He was a white Jewish-American administrator, civil rights activist, and one of the co-founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
He was born in Hușse, Romania, and his family migrated to the United States in 1883. He attended the New York City public schools and graduated from the City College of New York in 1899. In 1906, he earned a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Erlangen in Germany. He helped organize the Madison House Settlement and was active in the Ethical Culture Society in 1907.
In 1914, he married Belle Lindner Israels. That same year, New York City 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 was the founding Executive Director of the League of New York Theatres, which eventually became The Broadway League, known for producing the Tony Awards. Henry Moskowitz died on December 18, 1936, in Manhattan, New York City.
