Arkansas BH
This comedian, singer, actor, and film producer is remembered for playing the title character in the crime comedy film, Dolemite, and its sequels
Rudy Ray Moore
What race was the Urban League founded to help?
African Americans
In the introduction to The Souls of Black Folk, published in 1903, this author wrote that “the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of color line.”
W.E.B. Dubois
He was the first black deputy U.S. marshal west of the Mississippi River.
Bass Reeves?
What year was the Urban League was founded?
1910
Founded in 1877, this college was established to educate former slaves. The college is still in existence today and has produced prominent local and national leaders
Philander Smith College
What is one of the 5 pillars of the Urban League Young Professionals?
Education, Jobs, Housing, Health, and Justice
An African-American physician renowned for his work in blood plasma preservation.
Charles Drew
First black athlete to win a medal in the Olympics games in 1904 in St. Louis.
George Coleman Poage
Who was Whitney M. Young Jr?
A former Executive Director of the National Urban League.
A group of African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957.
The Little Rock Nine.
How many years have the Young Professionals been in Arkansas?
5 years
This American historian, author, journalist has been called the "Father of Black History". In February 1926 he launched the celebration of "Negro History Week", the precursor of Black History Month
Who is Carter Godwin Woodson ?
African American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut. She became the first black woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour.
Mae Jemison
What is the Urban League logo and what does it mean?
The equal sign within the circle serves as a graphic reminder of the League’s commitment to equality for all people.
An African American civil rights activist, publisher, and journalist who played a leading role in the Little Rock Integration Crisis of 1957.
Daisy Bates
What does ULSAYP stand for ?
Urban League of the State of Arkansas- Young Professionals
The co-founders of the National Urban League.
Ruth Standish Baldwin & Edmund Haynes
At the height of the Jim Crow era, this boxer became the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion.
Jack Johnson
What is the National Urban League's slogan?
Empowering communities. Changing Lives.
As a leading HIV/AIDS researcher, He is the first African American Rhodes scholar from Arkansas. He used a grant from the CDC to partner with black churches in thirteen states to educate people about HIV.
James E. K. Hildreth
What is the age range for a Young Professional?
16-40
In 1964 in Jonesboro, Louisiana this organization protected civil rights activists from the Ku Klux Klan.
Deacons of Defense
Nine months before the more widely known incident in which Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, this African American refused to give up her seat in 1955.
Claudette Colvin
In what state is the National Urban League headquartered?
New York