Greater Baltimore Urban League
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The Greater Baltimore Urban League was established in 1924 as a local affiliate of the National Urban League
. Like the National Urban League, the Greater Baltimore Urban League is a non-profit organization whose mission is to empower African American
s and promote economic and social equality in Maryland
.
The League provides many services ranging from youth programs, such as after school literacy and technology education, to employment opportunities and classes for first time home buyers.
The Greater Baltimore Urban League also has auxiliary groups. One of these is the Greater Baltimore Leadership Association, which promotes the goals of the League by encouraging political involvement, social activism, financial literacy, and education and professional development. The other auxiliary is the Greater Baltimore Urban League Guild, an organization of volunteers who donate time to various League activities.
Baltimore
business executive Raymond V. Haysbert
was chairman of the board of directors at the time of his death on May 24, 2010.
National Urban League
The National Urban League , formerly known as the National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes, is a nonpartisan civil rights organization based in New York City that advocates on behalf of African Americans and against racial discrimination in the United States. It is the oldest and largest...
. Like the National Urban League, the Greater Baltimore Urban League is a non-profit organization whose mission is to empower African American
African American
African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
s and promote economic and social equality in Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
.
The League provides many services ranging from youth programs, such as after school literacy and technology education, to employment opportunities and classes for first time home buyers.
The Greater Baltimore Urban League also has auxiliary groups. One of these is the Greater Baltimore Leadership Association, which promotes the goals of the League by encouraging political involvement, social activism, financial literacy, and education and professional development. The other auxiliary is the Greater Baltimore Urban League Guild, an organization of volunteers who donate time to various League activities.
Baltimore
Baltimore
Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...
business executive Raymond V. Haysbert
Raymond V. Haysbert
Raymond V. Haysbert Sr. was a prominent African-American business executive and civil rights leader during the second half of the 20th century in Baltimore, Maryland. During World War II, he served in Africa and Italy with the renowned Tuskegee Airmen...
was chairman of the board of directors at the time of his death on May 24, 2010.