Price, Hugh Bernard (1941-…), served as president of the National Urban League from 1994 to 2003. Before taking the post, he had served since 1988 as a vice president of the Rockefeller Foundation, a charitable organization.
Price was born on Nov. 22, 1941, in Washington, D.C. He graduated from Amherst College in 1963 and Yale Law School in 1966. He then worked until 1968 as a lawyer with the New Haven Legal Assistance Association in New Haven, Connecticut. The association provided free legal service to poor people. From 1968 to 1970, Price headed a political group called the Black Coalition of New Haven. From 1970 to 1975, he was a partner in an urban affairs consulting firm in New Haven. Price then worked as human resources administrator for the city in 1977 and 1978.
In 1978, Price joined the editorial board of The New York Times. As a member of the board until 1982, he wrote editorials on such issues as criminal justice, education, and welfare. From 1982 to 1988, Price was a senior vice president of WNET-TV, a public television station in New York City.
