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Eugene Kinckle Jones and the Struggle to Keep the National Urban League...
Magazine article from: Afro-Americans in New York Life and History ...ushered in a new day in national reform policies. Eugene Kinckle Jones (1885-1954), the Executive...Secretary to the National Urban League (NUL) 1916-1940 had...attention, the efforts of Eugene Kinckle Jones and other trained...

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