Search for:

Search for:

Chicago Urban League Records

Founded in 1910, the National Urban League is one of the oldest African American social service, research, and advocacy organizations in the United States. This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League.

Display

...

List

...

Information

...

Timeline

...

Gallery

...

Map

Showing 1 - 50 of 68 Records
Action for Survival Workshop, 1970 (Folder III-1868)
58 Text
Date:
Dec 1968 - 15 Oct 1970
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Action for Survival, 1970 (Folder III-1872)
31 Text
Date:
14 Oct - 23 Dec 1970
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Action of Survival, 1972 (Folder III-1895)
49 Text
Date:
11-13 Jan 1972
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Adoption Information Referrals, Committee and Reports, 1965-1966 (Folder III-2473a)
103 Text
Date:
1965 - c.1971
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Afro-American Patrolmen's League, 1969 (Folder IV-1305)
85 Text
Date:
13 Jul 1968 - 1 May 1969
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
American Civil Liberties Union, 1970-1972 (Folder III-1876)
21 Text
Date:
29 Jun 1970 - 3 Apr 1972
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Black Jewish relations, 1988 (Folder III-1844)
105 Text
Date:
29 May 1987 - 21 Dec 1988
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Black Police Association, 1978-1979 (Folder III-1951)
46 Text
Date:
21 Aug 1978 - 13 Feb 1979
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Building Babylon A Case of Racial Controls in Public Housing, 1971 (Folder III-515)
80 Text
Date:
1971
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
CHA General, 1953 (Folder III-337)
20 Text
Date:
14 Jul 1948 - 12 Nov 1953
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
CHA, 1976-1981 (Folder III-349)
174 Text
Date:
7 Dec 1966 - 20 Jan 1981
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
CUL Reports, 1968-1985 (Folder III-2488)
123 Text
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
CUL report Negro's in Policy Making, 1968 (Folder III-2486)
36 Text
Date:
15 May - Nov 1968
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Chicago Network, 1980 (Folder III-1952)
56 Text
Date:
15 Jan - 9 Jun 1980
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Chicago Police, 1978 (Folder III-1949)
225 Text
Date:
23 Mar 1973 - 29 Aug 1977
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Citizens Civic Committees, 1953 (Folder I-2700)
Image nop
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
1953-03-18
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Civil Rights Material, 1984 (Folder III-2952)
137 Text
Date:
24 May - 11 Oct 1984
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Civil Rights in the 1980's, 1984 (Folder III-2954)
334 Text
Date:
1982 - 15 Jun 1984
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Committee for an Equal Opportunity Community, 1968-1969 (Folder IV-1125)
10 Text
Date:
c.1968
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Communications Department Environmental Assessment, 1977 (Folder III-1837)
13 Text
Date:
1977
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Community Control of Police (Folder IV-1308)
27 Text
Date:
Aug 1968 - 25 May 1970
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Detroit Urban League, 1968 (Folder III-2484)
73 Text
Date:
c.1969
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Drafts of Constitution (Folder I-2679)
22 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
n.d.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Freedom from Fear Conference, 1970 (Folder III-1869)
47 Text
Date:
Mar 1970 - 17 Mar 1971
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Gang Research, 1969 (Folder III-1858)
15 Text
Date:
14-18 Aug 1969
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
General Proposal for Expansion of Survival Line, 1971 (Folder III-1886)
3 Text
Date:
n.d.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Health Hospitals Doctors and Insurance, 1954-1967 (Folder III-177)
153 Text
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Housing and social Science research, 1968-1970 (Folder III-342)
96 Text
Date:
Apr 1968 - Jun 1971
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Housing, 1978 (Folder III-305)
58 Text
Date:
c.1978
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Human relations Center, 1968 (Folder III-2490)
133 Text
Date:
11 Apr - Aug 1968
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Law Enforcement Commission, 1974 (Folder IV-1311)
196 Text
Date:
25 Jul 1972 - 6 Jul 1976
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Leadership Council on Civil Rights, 1973-1974 (Folder III-2941)
95 Text
Date:
15 Jan 1971 - 13 Feb 1975
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Leadership Development Report, 1966-1968 (Folder III-2478)
94 Text
Date:
May 1966 - 23 Apr 1968
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Lyndon B Johnson, 1965 (Folder III-2933)
19 Text
Date:
15 Mar - 6 Aug 1965
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Mayors Committee on Race Relations City Planning in Race Relations, 1944 (Folder III-1846)
9 Text
Date:
16103
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, c. 1967 (Folder IV-1312)
32 Text
Date:
c.1967
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
National Association of Inter-group Relations, 1961-1963 (Folder III-1812)
105 Text
Date:
Apr 1958 - 1 Apr 1965
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing, 1965 (Folder IV-1119)
70 Text
Date:
Jun 1965 - 9 Dec 1966
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
National Conference of Christians and Jews - correspondence, 1970 (Folder I-3005)
243 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
30 Sep 1965 - 9 Feb 1970
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
National Conference on Social Welfare - memoranda, 1969 (Folder I-2976)
77 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
11 Aug 1967 - 15 Oct 1969
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
National Urban League, 1965 (Folder III-2474)
95 Text
Date:
Jan 1962 - 12 May 1965
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Papers on Policy Making, 1964 (Folder III-2471)
118 Text
Date:
Jun 1960 - c.1966
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Police Community relations, 1966-1970 (Folder III-1853)
14 Text
Date:
23 Nov 1966 - 15 Jun 1970
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Position Paper and Research Reports on Black Powerlessness, 1968 (Folder III-1857)
52 Text
Date:
May 1965 - 6 Jul 1970
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Position on School Desegregation, 1977 (Folder IV-1114)
39 Text
Date:
22 Jan 1976 - 24 Aug 1977
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Prairie State College Program, 1992 (Folder IV-1117)
36 Text
Date:
1992
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Publications, 1968-1973 (Folder III-2489)
133 Text
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Race Relations Private Philanthropy in the 1980's, 1981 (Folder III-1841)
7 Text
Date:
29602
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Race Relations, 1984 (Folder III-1842)
166 Text
Date:
6 Jan - 27 Nov 1984
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Race Violence, 1957-1965 (Folder III-1850)
107 Text
Date:
30 Jul 1957 - 15 Jun 1967
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access

Collection Details

Repository
University of Illinois Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Collection Type
Manuscript Collections
Collection Location
Richard J. Daley Library
Theme:
African American History
Social Services & Settlement Houses
Show more details
Share collection
Copy Permalink
Copy Permalink

39 Chicago Urban League (CUL) 13 National Urban League (NUL) 9 Berry, Edwin C 9 Compton, James W 7 King, Martin Luther, Jr 5 Afro-American Patrolmen’s League 5 Daley, Richard J 5 Jackson, Jesse 4 Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) 4 Robinson, Renault 4 Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) 3 Chicago Commission on Human Relations (CCHR) 3 Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) 3 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) 3 Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) 2 American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) 2 Catholic Interracial Council of Chicago 2 Chicago Commission on Race Relations (CCRR) 2 Franklin, John Hope 2 Johnson, Lyndon B 2 Malcolm X 2 National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders 2 National Conference of Christians and Jews 2 Norton, Eleanor Holmes 2 The American Jewish Committee 2 Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) 2 Young, Whitney 1 Abernathy, Ralph 1 American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) 1 American Jewish Congress 1 Anti-Defamation League 1 Black Panther Party 1 Bloch, Leon 1 Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) 1 Bureau of Social Science Research 1 Calloway, Nathaniel O 1 Chicago Bar Association 1 Chicago Crime Commission 1 Chicago Economic Development Corporation (CEDCO) 1 Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (CLC) 1 Cokely, Steve 1 Community Fund of Chicago 1 Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) 1 Coordinating Council of Community Organizations 1 Dallas County Voters League 1 Detroit Urban League 1 Falls, Arthur G 1 Illinois Commission on Human Relations 1 Illinois Committee for Fair Housing Law 1 Illinois Law Enforcement Commission 1 International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) 1 Jones, Nathaniel 1 Kennelly, Martin H 1 Kenwood-Oakland Community Organization 1 Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) 1 Leadership Conference on Civil Rights 1 McGurk, Frank C J 1 McLean, Franklin C 1 Medical Committee for Human Rights 1 Missouri Commission on Human Rights 1 National Association of Intergroup Relations Officials (NAIRO) 1 National Black Police Association 1 National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing (NCDH) 1 National Conference on Social Welfare (NCSW) 1 National Medical Association 1 Newton, Huey 1 Nixon, Richard 1 People United to Save Humanity (PUSH) 1 Powell, Adam Clayton 1 Raby, Al 1 Randolph, A Philip 1 Taylor, James E 1 The Chicago Network 1 Urban League of Morris County 1 Vasey, Wayne 1 Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago 1 Wilkins, Roger 1 Wilkins, Roy 1 Wood, Elizabeth 1 Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)

68 social change 31 discrimination 28 Poverty and Discrimination 27 housing 25 employment 23 crime 23 racial tensions 22 education 21 Health, Welfare and Housing 21 community organisations 20 police 20 poverty 19 Civil Rights and Black Power 19 legislation 18 civil rights 17 Organisations, Associations and Societies 16 community development 15 benevolent societies 15 finance 15 research 15 statistics 13 government 13 integration 13 schools 13 youth 12 health 12 speeches 11 Crime and Delinquency 11 Education and Training 11 Police and Community Relations 11 city politics 11 media 11 racial violence 11 rights 11 violence 10 demographics 10 equality 10 politics 9 community protest 9 police brutality 8 Employment and Labour 8 leadership 8 population 8 segregation 8 students 8 training 8 urban renewal 8 wages 7 Government and Politics 7 black power 7 ghetto 7 membership 7 riots 7 unemployment 7 university 6 Protest and Race Riots 6 charity 6 legal cases 6 punishment 5 business 5 civil unrest 5 family 5 gangs 5 theory 4 desegregation 4 economy 4 labour 4 protest march 4 religion 3 arrests 3 assassination 3 grass roots community action 3 hospitals 3 housing crisis 3 housing segregation 3 judicial 3 juvenile 3 leisure 3 property 3 shootings 3 social work 3 transport 3 urban decay 3 voter registration 3 voting rights 2 Brown v. Board of Education 2 Family and Daily Life 2 anti-Semitism 2 busing 2 city planning 2 clubs 2 hospital segregation 2 human rights 2 living conditions 2 loan 2 migration 2 prisoner 2 public housing projects 2 public opinion 2 real estate practices 2 recreation 2 science 2 women 1 Christianity 1 Church 1 Hills v. Gautreaux 1 Judaism 1 Legislation and Legal Cases 1 New Deal 1 Plessy v. Ferguson 1 church 1 community business groups 1 corruption 1 culture 1 democracy 1 drugs 1 elderly 1 gentrification 1 household 1 industry 1 land 1 medicine 1 meetings 1 military 1 prejudice 1 presidency 1 reform 1 rehabilitation 1 sanitation 1 tax 1 unionism 1 veteran 1 white supremacy 1 womanhood