Urban League is an organization that works to end racial discrimination and to increase the economic and political power of Black Americans and other minority groups in the United States. The full name of the organization is the National Urban League.
The league has more than 100 local chapters in 35 states and the District of Columbia. The chapters conduct community programs that provide health care, housing and community development, job training and placement, AIDS education, and other services. The league works to influence national policy by testifying before legislative bodies and by issuing reports on such matters as equal employment opportunities, income maintenance, and welfare reform. It also conducts research on the problems of minority groups and publishes its findings.
The league was founded in 1910. National headquarters of the league are in New York City.
