Launch Urban League drive

Launch Urban League drive
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Title: Launch Urban League drive
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Caption: "Launch Urban League drive--At luncheon to 30 business leaders, who were guests of Walter N. Rothschild, president of Abraham & Straus, at which Urban League campaign to raise $35,000 was opened. The league is seeking equal economic opportunity for Negroes. Left to right: Dwight R. G. Palmer; Julius A. Thomas; Mr. Rothschild; Richard A. Brennan, John B. King." Mr. Thomas and Mr. King are African Americans.

Date: 1949
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: Date stamped on verso: Nov. 8, 1949.
Greasse pencil cropping marks.
Title from caption on verso.
Collection: Clubs
Subject: Brooklyn Urban League (New York, N.Y.)
African American men
Civic improvement
Executives
Fund raising
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
Portraits.
Rights: Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library.
ID: CLUB 0070