Los Angeles Urban League Records, 1933-1945

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Los Angeles Urban League Records, 1933-1945

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The Los Angeles branch of the National Urban League stems from a 1921 organization founded by Katherine Barr and others who attended Booker T. Washington's Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. The league gathered information about racial discrimination against African Americans and other minorities in jobs, health services, and housing; helped develop fair employment programs during World War II, and was active in the formation of the City Human Relations Commission. The collection consists of correspondence and papers relating to African Americans, immigrant labor and problems of social planning in Los Angeles.

2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

eng,

University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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The Los Angeles branch of the National Urban League stems from a 1921 organization founded by Katherine Barr and others who attended Booker T. Washington's Tuskegee Institute in Alabama; gathered information about racial discrimination against African Americans and other minorities in jobs, health services, and housing; helped develop fair employment programs during WWII, and was active in the formation of the City Human Relations Commission; membership changed from 90% black in 1970 to 40% Hisp...