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Also Known As Urban League
Date 1911 - present
Headquarters New York City
Areas Of Involvement social welfare
Related People Vernon Jordan • Ron Brown • Charles Clinton Spaulding • Whitney Young • Charles Spurgeon Johnson • Douglas Wilder • Eugene K. Jones

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