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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]
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.
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.
National Urban League President and CEO Marc Morial sat down with The Palm Beach Post last week for a wide-ranging interview on a variety of topics. ... Those programs have come under attack in ...
The Greater Stark County Urban League organized a new program to help officers learn basic Spanish to break down language barriers.
The Urban League helps disadvantaged people attain social and economic stability and self-sufficiency through programs in workforce training, housing, small business and education. Lomax steps ...
In the early 1980s, Jacob helped develop a plan for urban recovery similar to the 1947 Marshall Plan initiated to assist European nations after World War II. Aid was sought from private sectors to facilitate entry-level job training programs, and Jacob proposed the League give direct assistance from its own resources to poverty-stricken minorities and whites, including housing and job placement.
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.”