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She established the first Red Cross chapter among black women and organized local chapters of both the Urban League and NAACP in Pittsburgh. Most notably, she was made a stockholder and subsequently vice-president of the Pittsburgh Courier, which she used to raise funds for social justice causes and events. In her role as writer, editor, and ...
The Pittsburgh Rens were an American basketball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that was a member of the American Basketball League from 1961–1962. History [ edit ] The American Basketball League played one full season, 1961 – 1962 , and part of the next season until the league folded on December 31, 1962. [1]
Co-founder, National Urban League. Spouse. William Henry Baldwin Jr. Parent. Samuel Bowles III. Relatives. Chester B. Bowles (nephew); John Fulton Folinsbee (son-in-law); Samuel Bowles (grand-nephew) Ruth Standish Bowles Baldwin (December 5, 1865 – December 14, 1934) was an American suffragist and a co-founder of the National Urban League.
This is a list of 90 neighborhoods in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Generally neighborhood development followed ward boundaries, although the City Planning Commission has defined some neighborhood areas. [1] The map of neighborhoods presented here is based on the official designations from the City of Pittsburgh. [2]
The history of Pittsburgh began with centuries of Native American civilization in the modern Pittsburgh region, known as Jaödeogë’ in the Seneca language. [ 1] Eventually, European explorers encountered the strategic confluence where the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers meet to form the Ohio, which leads to the Mississippi River.
Hugh Bernard Price. Hugh Bernard Price (born 1941) is a U.S. activist. He served as the President of the National Urban League from 1994 to 2003. Price is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. Price is a member of the advisory board of the Future of American Democracy Foundation [1], a nonprofit, nonpartisan foundation in partnership with ...
Thomas West, president and CEO of the Greater Stark County Urban League, said a Canton police officer's use of a police dog to bite a city resident who already was lying face down with his arms ...
or "But that’s just my two cents." This expression is also often used as a supplementary phrase after a statement, e.g. "Just my two cents." In Australia, the expression was initially "my two bobs' worth". A 'bob' was a shilling in pre-decimal currency. The expression continued in common usage after the introduction of decimal currency in 1966.