Hugh Bernard Price
Encyclopedia
Hugh Bernard Price was a U.S. activist
. He served as the President of the National Urban League
from 1994 to 2003.
Price is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha
fraternity.
Price is a member of the Advisory Board of the Future of American Democracy Foundation
http://thefutureofamericandemocracyfoundation.org/index.html, a nonprofit, nonpartisan foundation in partnership with Yale University Press
and the Yale Center for International and Area Studieshttp://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/SeriesPage.asp?series=127, "dedicated to research and education aimed at renewing and sustaining the historic vision of American democracy".
Price is currently a senior fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution
.
Activism
Activism consists of intentional efforts to bring about social, political, economic, or environmental change. Activism can take a wide range of forms from writing letters to newspapers or politicians, political campaigning, economic activism such as boycotts or preferentially patronizing...
. He served as the President of the National Urban League
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...
from 1994 to 2003.
Price is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha
Alpha Phi Alpha
Alpha Phi Alpha is the first Inter-Collegiate Black Greek Letter fraternity. It was founded on December 4, 1906 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Its founders are known as the "Seven Jewels". Alpha Phi Alpha developed a model that was used by the many Black Greek Letter Organizations ...
fraternity.
Price is a member of the Advisory Board of the Future of American Democracy Foundation
Future of American Democracy Foundation
The Future of American Democracy Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy foundation dedicated to research and education, working in partnership with the Yale University Press to clarify and analyze contemporary domestic and foreign policy. Board members include distinguished scholars...
http://thefutureofamericandemocracyfoundation.org/index.html, a nonprofit, nonpartisan foundation in partnership with Yale University Press
Yale University Press
Yale University Press is a book publisher founded in 1908 by George Parmly Day. It became an official department of Yale University in 1961, but remains financially and operationally autonomous....
and the Yale Center for International and Area Studieshttp://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/SeriesPage.asp?series=127, "dedicated to research and education aimed at renewing and sustaining the historic vision of American democracy".
Price is currently a senior fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution
Brookings Institution
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, D.C., in the United States. One of Washington's oldest think tanks, Brookings conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics, metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, and...
.