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Robert Rochon Taylor
1899–1957
United States
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Biography
Robert Rochon Taylor (April 12, 1899 – March 1, 1957) 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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