Jones, Eugene Kinckle, 1885-1954
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found: Library of Congress Manuscript Division for National Urban League Southern Regional Office Records, 1900-1988(Eugene Kinckle Jones; NUL exec. dir.)
found: Dict. of Am. Negro Biog., 1982(Eugene Kinckle Jones; Urban League executive; b. Richmond, Va., 30 July 1885; d. New York, N.Y., 11 Jan. 1954)
found: Rummel, Jack. African-American social leaders and activists, ©2003:pages 114-115 (Eugene Kinckle Jones, 1885-1954, urban league official, civil rights activist. Enrolled in Virginia Union University and graduated in 1906, then earned an MA from Cornell in 1908. Taught in Louisville, Ky. for three years then hired in 1911 as a field researcher for the Committee on Urban Conditions among Negros (later renamed the National Urban League), conducting studies of the living conditions of blacks in New York City. Hired as head of the social work department at Fisk University in 1917 and promoted to executive secretary of the National Urban League where he served until his retirement in 1941.)
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1996-03-12: new
2021-02-15: revised
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