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The Chicago Urban League, established in 1916 in Chicago, Illinois, is an affiliate of the National Urban League that develops programs and partnerships and engages in advocacy to address the need for employment, entrepreneurship, affordable housing and quality education.
Blacks in the City: A History of the National Urban League. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1971. Strickland, Arvarh E. History of the Chicago Urban League (U of Missouri Press, 1966). Touré F. Reed, Not Alms but Opportunity: The Urban League and the Politics of Racial Uplift, 1910–1950. (University of North Carolina Press, 2008). online
The logo of National Urban League. Date: 12 April 2009: Source: The logo can be obtained from National Urban League: Author — neuro: Public domain Public domain ...
The developer behind a proposal to put skyscrapers and a transit center near Soldier Field is partnering with the Chicago Urban League on nearly $500 million in community investment, including an ...
Karen Freeman-Wilson, the former mayor of Gary, Indiana, who now heads the Chicago Urban League, admits she campaigned on promises that she couldn’t keep. “You don’t know what you can do ...
Cheryle Robinson-Jackson (born Cheryle Robinson; July 20, 1965) is an American who was appointed in October 2006 to be the first female president and CEO in the 90-year history of the Chicago Urban League. [1]
“The National Urban League felt it was important to create an opportunity for us to showcase the accomplishments of Black women in politics, in business, in fashion, and created this vision of ...
James Washington Compton (born April 7, 1939), also known as Jim Compton, is an American businessman and civil rights activist who served as president and CEO of the Chicago Urban League [1] from 1978 until 2006. During his tenure, the Chicago Urban League refocused its interest in education and economic development and developed a new emphasis ...