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Robert Rochon Taylor

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American housing activist

United StatesArchitectsLived 1899 to 1957 · aged 57
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Robert Rochon Taylor was an American housing advocate and banker. A founder of the Illinois Federal Savings and Loan, a mortgager for black residents of Chicago's South Side, Taylor was the first black member of the Chicago Housing Authority and later its chairman.

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Robert Rochon Taylor was an American housing advocate and banker. A founder of the Illinois Federal Savings and Loan, a mortgager for black residents of Chicago's South Side, Taylor was the first black member of the Chicago Housing Authority and later its chairman. Robert Taylor Homes, a public housing project completed in 1962, was named for Taylor.

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United States
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Lived 1899 to 1957 · aged 57
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