Chicago, Illinois
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National Urban League
The National Urban League, 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 Am ...
that develops programs and partnerships and engages in advocacy to address the need for employment, entrepreneurship, affordable housing and quality education. As a consequence of the Northern MigrationSee Richard Durham (January 15, 1990) The Birth of a League , a presentation from ''
Destination Freedom
''Destination Freedom'' was a weekly radio program produced by WMAQ in Chicago from 1948 to 1950 that presented biographical histories of prominent African-Americans such as George Washington Carver, Satchel Paige, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tu ...
''. J. David Golden "The Birth of a League" RadioGOLDINdex, 2022 the League was established by an interracial group of community leaders as a resettlement organization assisting African-American migrants arriving in Chicago.
Barbara A. Lumpkin was appointed Interim President and CEO of the Chicago Urban League in June 2018.
Reports
''Still Separate ...'', published in 2005, found that Chicago had the fifth most racially segregated residential metropolitan area in the United States.
* ''The Vicious Circle: Race, Prison, Jobs and Community in Chicago, Illinois and the Nation'' (Chicago Urban League, 2002)
* ''Still Separate, Unequal, Race: Place and Policy in Chicago'' (Chicago Urban League, 2005)
Joanna Snowden Porter
Joanna Snowden Porter (February 14, 1864 – October 1, 1941) was an American clubwoman based in Chicago; she was founder and president of the Northwestern Federation of Colored Women's Clubs.
Early life
Joanna Cecilia HudlinChicago Urban League
University of Illinois at Chicago
The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) is a public research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its campus is in the Near West Side community area, adjacent to the Chicago Loop. The second campus established under the University of Illinois ...