Henry Allen Loveless (1854–1921) was a businessman and community leader in

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. He helped found the

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Biography

Henry Allen Loveless was born in

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in 1854. Anderson S. Loveless was his brother.

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profiled Henry in the book '' The Negro in Business''. He died in Montgomery on August 8, 1921. A school for African American students was named for him when it was established in Montgomery in 1923.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Loveless, Henry 1854 births 1921 deaths 19th-century American businesspeople 20th-century African-American people Place of birth missing People from Montgomery, Alabama Businesspeople from Alabama 19th-century African-American businesspeople