Records, 1961-1985.

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Records, 1961-1985.

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Primarily correspondence, memoranda, reports, subject files, personnel records, charts, articles, newspaper clippings, printed material, photographs, and other records of the Washington Bureau, later the Office of Washington Operations Policy Unit. Documents its role in monitoring and analyzing federal legislation, administrative guidelines, and public policy decisions; lobbying on behalf of African Americans, the poor, and other minorities; and disseminating information relating to League concerns. Washington Bureau officials represented include Ron Harmon Brown, Maudine Rice Cooper, and Cernoria D. Johnson.

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Johnson, Cernoria D.

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National Urban League. Office of Washington Operations

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The Washington Bureau was established in 1961 chiefly as the National Urban League's liaison office with the U.S. Congress and government agencies. In 1979 it was renamed the League's Policy Unit and was brought together administratively with the League's Research Department as the Office of Washington Operations. From the description of Records of the National Urban League. Office of Washington Operations, 1961-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78015467 The Washington Bu...

Brown, Ronald Harmon, 1941-1996

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Ronald Harmon Brown (August 1, 1941 – April 3, 1996) was an American lawyer, lobbyist, and politician. He served as the United States Secretary of Commerce during the first term of President Bill Clinton. Prior to this he was chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). He was the first African American to hold these positions. Born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Harlem, New York, Brown attended Hunter College Elementary School and Rhodes Preparatory School vefore earning a B.A. fr...

Cooper, Maudine Rice

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Maudine Cooper was born on September 30, 1941, in Benoit, Mississippi. Her family soon moved north to St. Paul, Minnesota, in search of a better life. Cooper received both her undergraduate degree in Business Administration (1964) and her J. D. degree (1971) from Howard University. She joined the National Urban League in 1973 as an Assistant Director for Federal Programs and became their Vice President for Washington Operations Legislative Office in 1980. In 1983, Cooper left her post at the Nat...

National Urban League. Washington Bureau

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