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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]
She founded the National Urban League Guild in 1942 in order to raise funds in support of the League's racial equality programs. [5] Lester B. Granger, then director of the Urban League, challenged Moon personally to help the league become 'financially stable.' [2] At first an informal group, it eventually developed bylaws and held elections ...
In the 1990s the league focused on employment, education and racial inclusion. It offered programs including evening computer classes, mortgage counseling programs and basic skills training. On August 10, 2022. the Urban League of Central Carolinas opened its Digital Innovation Center in a new building in East Charlotte. [1]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The National Urban League on Saturday honored and recognized the accomplishments of four Black women who have made significant marks in the community.
Gwendolyn Grant is an American activist. She is President and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Kansas City. [1] She became their first female CEO in 1995. [2]Grant has received numerous honors including the National Urban League's Whitney M. Young Leadership Award for Advancing Racial Equity and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Community Service Award.
George Edmund Haynes (May 11, 1880 – January 8, 1960) was an American sociology scholar and federal civil servant, a co-founder and first executive director of the National Urban League, serving 1911 to 1918.
Christie Kuhns, president and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio, presents the organization's newest report: “The State of Black Cincinnati: Journey to Parity.”
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.