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The League included Negro small- business owners, doctors, farmers, other professionals, and craftsmen. Its goal was to allow business to put economic development at the forefront of getting African-American equality in the United States. Business was the main concern, but civil rights came next. A meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, on August 18 ...
Pages in category "Civil rights organizations in the United States" The following 115 pages are in this category, out of 115 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Operation Breadbasket was an organization dedicated to improving the economic conditions of black communities across the United States. Operation Breadbasket was launched on February 11, 1966, under the leadership of Jesse Jackson. Its primary objective was to promote the employment of African Americans by companies operating in black ...
Black civil rights organizations say they are planning a multifaceted counter to public cries to dismantle DEI efforts from business leaders and politicians.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is an American nonprofit civil rights organization founded in 1920. ACLU affiliates are active in all 50 states, Washington, D.C. , and Puerto Rico . The budget of the ACLU in 2024 was $383 million.
The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights opened in 1996 and calls Baker “an unsung hero of racial and economic justice, the civil rights movement.” That she was. And her legacy remains strong today.
America’s leading civil rights organizations condemned the conservative-dominated Supreme Court for ending affirmative action programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina.
Voter rights and suffrage organizations (5 C, 57 P) Pages in category "Civil rights organizations" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total.