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The National Urban League (NUL), formerly known as the National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes, is a nonpartisan historic civil rights organization based in New York City that advocates on behalf of economic and social justice for African Americans and against racial discrimination in the United States. [1]
Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life was an academic journal published by the National Urban League (NUL). The journal acted as a sociological forum for the emerging topic of African-American studies and was known for fostering the literary culture during the Harlem Renaissance. It was published monthly from 1923 to 1942, and then quarterly ...
Florence M. Rice was born in Buffalo, New York, on March 22, 1919.Florence's family immigrated to the United States from the West Indies before she was born. She spent many years in the Colored Orphan Asylum, one of the first charitable institutions dedicated to the needs of African-American children. [4]
“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 ...
Mollie Moon (July 21, 1912 – June 22, 1990) was the founder and president of the National Urban League Guild, the fundraising branch of the National Urban League.She served as president of the Guild for almost 50 years, from its founding until her death.
Huerta, a New Mexico native, smiled at the fact that the street is adorned with her name. ... Apr. 12—Dolores Huerta took a stroll around the National Hispanic Cultural Center on Friday during a ...
In recognition of The Fragrance Foundation's commitment to furthering diversity and inclusivity in the fragrance industry, Levy is the first recipient of New York Urban League's Catalyst Award.
James Henry Hubert (1886-1970) was a social worker and the Executive Secretary of the New York Urban League. [1] In 1929, Hubert asked Margaret Sanger to open a birth control clinic in Harlem. [2] He wrote for the periodical Opportunity: Journal of Negro Life [3] Hubert died on April 29, 1970, in New York at the age of 84. [4] [5]