St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-04-22


Committee to insure that the
needs of Negroes were not neglect
ed in the development of federal
programs to relieve the situation
of intense unemployment.
1894
Formally merged with the Min
neapolis Urban League to become
the Twin Cities Urban League.
1885
Initiated annual contest to en-
courage home and lawn beautifiCa-
ton, prizes donated by Junior
Chamber of Commerce; inaugur-
ated monthly visits by the Urban
League Auxiliary to industrial
plants to acquaint them with in
dustrial problems and to make
wider contacts to supplement the
employment work of the League
resulted in the placement of sew
eral Negroes
1887
Secured Change in Civilian Con-
servation Corps policy which re-
quired that Negroes in Minnesota
attend camps outside the state;
Dissolved the merger with the Min
neapOlis Urban League and again
became the st Paul Urban League.
1888
Placed first Negro Nurse in st.
Paul-at Anchor Hospital. Organ
lied Maxfield PTA.
1899
Youth Program established with
National Youth Administration
funds.
I94O-I95O
1910
Placed first Negro driver-sales-
man with Bakery Company; organ
lied a Community Council involv-
ing &c churches and organizations
in the community.
l94I
Spearheaded successful effort to
secure legislation banning the prac-
tice of racial discrimination by
insurance companies selling liabili-
ty insurance.
1912
Stimulated the formation of the
Twin City Fair Employment Prac-
tees Council to work for legisla-
ton against racial discrimination
in employment. Secured and placed
Negro employees with Twin City
Arsenal Company; Cooperated with
Amalganated Clothing Workers
Union to secure skilled employ
ment for Negroes in the Clothing
Industry.
Supported Equal Rights legisla-
ton in Minnesota; placed Negro
employees with Rationing Board,
American Red Cross, Waldorf
Paper Company, N. Y. Airlines,
Ramsey County Probation Office.
1914
Employed first full time Indus
trial Secretary. Secured the elm
nation of the YMCA policy OF
restricting the membership of Ne
groes; Conducted, for the Cover
nor's Interracial Commission, a
study of Housing and Employment
for Negroes in Minnesota.
1916
Placed first Negro Bus Driver
l947
AS his Masters Thesis, Whitney
NJ. Young, Jr., wrote the History
of the st. Paul Urban League.
1913
Secured the employment of the
first Negro women as sales per
sonnet in department stores.
1913
Supported efforts to secure low
cost public housing. Domestic en-
ployment service transferred to the
State Employment Service as pei
joint Cooperative Working Agree
ment. First Negro Telephone OPP
orator placed by the Urban League
1850
Placed first Negro professional
workers with Ramsey County Pro
baton Office and Capital Commun
ity Center; also placed Negro pro
fessional worker with Girl Scouts
Influenced st. Paul Housing
! Authority to establish a policy
of on-discrimination in the selec
ton of tenents for occupancy o.
, public housing accommodations.
| ST. PAUL URBAN LEAGUE
; accepted as field training agency
4 for Graduate Students, School o
I Social Work, University of Mime
= sofa. Entertained National Urban
; League Conference. Urban LeagU,
= Guild organized.
1853
S. Vincent Owens Memoria
, Fund established in cooperation
with the University of Minnesota
to provide scholarships to GRADUATE
social work students interested il
D doing research in the area Of in
Y terracial, inter cultural relation