Background
Morris Milgram was born on May 29, 1916 in New York, United States, into the family of poor Russian immigrants. The boy was born into poverty as the youngest of six children.
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Morris Milgram was born on May 29, 1916 in New York, United States, into the family of poor Russian immigrants. The boy was born into poverty as the youngest of six children.
Despite his family’s poverty, he attended City University of New York until 1934 when he was expelled for contesting a reception that was being held for young Fascists from Italy. He continued his studies at the Rutgers University.
Milgram pursued a career as a developer who specialized in affordable multiracial housing projects. In 1941 he began six years as national secretary for the Workers Defense League in New York City. In 1947 he founded Milgram Companies in Philadelphia and worked as a housing developer. In all, he worked to create multiracial housing projects that benefitted about twenty-thousand people in locations such as Boston, Chicago, Virginia, Texas, California, and Washington, among others.
Morris worked to establish the Fund for an Open Society in Philadelphia, which helps provide low mortgages to those who move into such housing developments. Milgram resided in one of his housing projects in Greenbelt Knoll before he entered the Attleboro Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in 1990. Moreover, he authored several books, including "Good Neighborhood: The Challenge of Open Housing", "Racial Integration in Housing", and "Developing Open Communities."
Milgram grew up on Socialist principles.
Mr. Milgram stood out against racism.
Quotations: ''If we don't learn to live together, soon the world is going to come apart."
Mr. Milgram was the father of two children: Betty and Gene Milgram.
