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5 unusual facts about National Urban League


Ajaypal Singh Banga

Banga was vice chairman of the board of trustees of the New York Hall of Science and a board member of the National Urban League.

Andrea Davis Pinkney

Her parents were also very involved in the civil rights movement and exposed Andrea to the cause from early on, even taking her to the annual conference of the National Urban League during many of her summer vacations.

Chicago Urban League

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 commercial real estate and a quality education.

Holly Carter

More recently, she produced the Empowerment Summit Sessions for the National Urban League in its annual 2011 event.

Urban League of Central Carolinas

Urban League of Central Carolinas, previously known as the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Urban League, is the division of the National Urban League, nonpartisan civil rights organization, in Charlotte, North Carolina.


Adam Clayton Powell, Sr.

Powell was active in a variety of educational institutions and community organizations; he was among the founders of the National Urban League; a trustee of Virginia Union University, Downington Industrial and Agricultural School in Pennsylvania, which operated until 1993; the National Training School for Women and Girls in Washington, DC; and the White Rose Industrial Home in New York, all historically black colleges and schools.

Anna Arnold Hedgeman

Hedgeman held memberships in numerous organizations, such as the Child Study Association, Community Council of the City of New York, National Urban League, NAACP, United Nations Association, Advisory Committee on Alcoholism, Advisory Committee on Drug Addiction, and the National Conference of Christians and Jews.

Future of American Democracy Foundation

Board members include Jonathan Brent, Editorial Director of Yale University Press; Norton Garfinkle, former Chairman of the George Washington University Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies; Thomas E. Mann of the Brookings Institution; Norman J. Ornstein, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research; Hugh Price, formerly president of the National Urban League; Alan Wolfe of Boston College; and Ruth A. Wooden.

Harriette Cole

Cole has provided presentation and empowerment workshops for businesses and institutions, including Speaking of Women's Health, Kraft, the Saralee Corporation, Cornell University, the National Urban League, National Action Network, Jack & Jill of America, Delta Sigma Theta and more.

Jane Bolin

She served on the boards of the NAACP, the Child Welfare League, and the National Urban League.

LaDonna Harris

In the past, Harris served on the boards of the Girl Scouts of the USA, Independent Sector, Council on Foundations, National Organization for Women, National Urban League, Save the Children, National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing, and Overseas Development Corporation.

Linda Goodman

She also wrote speeches for black American civil rights leader Whitney Young, who served for several years as president of the National Urban League.

Theodore W. Kheel

He was also widely involved with such philanthropic organizations as the Gandhi Society for Human Rights, and in the civil rights movement in the 50s and 60s where he served as Executive Director of the National Urban League during the term of NUL President Lester Granger.


see also

George Haynes

George Edmund Haynes (1881–1959), co-founder and first executive director of the National Urban League