January 9, 2011
About the National Urban League
Year founded: 1910
Founders: A group of urban leaders led by Ruth Standish Baldwin and George Edmund Haynes
Headquarters: New York
Why it was founded: The organization grew out of a desire among social activists and philanthropists to help black people fleeing racial injustice in the South only to find trouble getting well-paying jobs in Northern cities.
What it does today:
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