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National Urban League 40th Anniversary Year Book

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09640.192.01 Author/Creator: National Urban League Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Pamphlet Date: 1950 Pagination: 128 p. : Height: 28.7 cm, Width: 22 cm Order a Copy

One item printed by the National Urban League dated 1950. Commemorates the 40th anniversary of the league. Includes essays by noted African American civil rights leaders and scholars related to survey projects and research.

Mays, Benjamin E., 1894-1984
1945 to the Present
African American History
Civil Rights Movement
Civil Rights
Race discrimination
Black Author
African Americans
Writers
The Civil Rights Movement
The Fifties

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