1911

1911

In the year 1911, the National Urban League was founded to improve housing and job opportunities. The commitee was formed on September 29 by Ruth Standish Baldwin and Dr. George Edmund Haynes. The league was grown out of the roots of movement for freedom and opportunity in a group called Black Migrations.

Information Provided By: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Urban_League America: Pathways to the Present pg.336 http://archimedes.galilei.com/stlcofcc/blogimages/urban-league.gif