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PRONUNCIATION OF URBAN LEAGUE

Urban League  [ˈɜːbən liːɡ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF URBAN LEAGUE

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Urban League is a noun.
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WHAT DOES URBAN LEAGUE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Urban League

National Urban League

The National Urban League, formerly known as the National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes, is a nonpartisan civil rights organization based in New York City that advocates on behalf of African Americans and against racial discrimination in the United States. It is the oldest and largest community-based organization of its kind in the nation. Its current President is Marc Morial.

Definition of Urban League in the English dictionary

The definition of Urban League in the dictionary is the Urban League a civil rights organization based in New York City that advocates on behalf of African Americans and against racial discrimination in the United States.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH URBAN LEAGUE


antifatigue
ˌæntɪfəˈtiːɡ
blitzkrieg
ˈblɪtsˌkriːɡ
brigue
briːɡ
bush-league
ˈbʊʃˌliːɡ
colleague
ˈkɒliːɡ
fatigue
fəˈtiːɡ
feague
fiːɡ
gigue
ʒiːɡ
Grieg
ɡriːɡ
intrigue
ɪnˈtriːɡ
Ivy-League
ˈaɪvɪ liːɡ
league
liːɡ
non-league
ˌnɒnˈliːɡ
overfatigue
ˌəʊvəfəˈtiːɡ
peag
piːɡ
peage
piːɡ
reneague
rɪˈniːɡ
renege
rɪˈniːɡ
sitzkrieg
ˈsɪtsˌkriːɡ
treague
triːɡ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE URBAN LEAGUE

Urban II
urban legend
urban migration
urban myth
urban planner
urban planning
urban renewal
urban sprawl
urban studies
Urban VI
Urban VIII

WORDS THAT END LIKE URBAN LEAGUE

Achaean League
Anti-Corn Law League
Anti-Corn-Law League
Arab League
Delian League
football league
Hanseatic League
house league
in league
Ivy League
Junior League
Little League
major league
minor league
National League
Prague
Premier League
rugby league
the Ivy League
vague

Synonyms and antonyms of Urban League in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Urban League» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF URBAN LEAGUE

Find out the translation of Urban League to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Urban League from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Urban League» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

城市联盟
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Liga Urbana
570 millions of speakers

English

Urban League
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शहरी लीग
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الرابطة الحضرية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Городской Лига
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Liga Urbana
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শহুরে লীগ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Urban League
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Liga Bandar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

urban League
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アーバンリーグ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

도시 리그
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Liga Liga
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Urban League
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நகர்ப்புற லீக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शहरी लीग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kentsel Lig
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

urban League
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Miejska Liga
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

міський Ліга
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

urban League
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Urban Λιγκ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Urban League
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Urban League
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Urban League
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Urban League

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «URBAN LEAGUE»

The term «Urban League» is regularly used and occupies the 89.629 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «URBAN LEAGUE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Urban League

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «URBAN LEAGUE»

Discover the use of Urban League in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Urban League and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Eugene Kinckle Jones: The National Urban League and Black ...
This book blends the biography of a significant black leader with an in-depth discussion of the roles of black institutions and organizations to study the evolution of African American life immediately before the civil rights era.
Felix L. Armfield, 2011
2
Not Alms but Opportunity: The Urban League and the Politics ...
The Urban League and the Politics of Racial Uplift, 1910-1950 Touré F. Reed. roles within the social-work conference. In 1924, for example, the ncsw elected Eugene K. Jones to its executive board. That same year, Urban Leaguers Jesse O.
Touré F. Reed, 2009
3
Black Americans and Public Policy: Perspectives of the ...
This is an important reference for policymakers and scholars concerning the contemporary problems facing black America as the nation approaches the uncertainties of the twenty-first century.
‎1988
4
Opportunity reader: stories, poetry, and essays from the ...
An extraordinary collection of short fiction, poetry, essays, and plays from the Urban League's Opportunity magazine celebrates the contributions of the Harlem Renaissance in works by Zora Neale Hurston, Dorothy West, Nella Larsen, Langston ...
Sondra K. Wilson, National Urban League, 1999
5
Encyclopedia of American Race Riots
One of the National Urban League's most famous leaders was social worker and civil rights activist Whitney M. Young, Jr., who succeeded Granger as executive director in 1961. Prior to Young's leadership, the National Urban League was ...
Walter C. Rucker, James N. Upton, 2007
6
Stop the violence: overcoming self destruction
Rap artists speak out against racism, Black-on-Black crime, and drug abuse
Nelson George, National Urban League, 1990
7
Black Political Organizations in the Post-civil Rights Era
Ihe National Urban League (NUL) defines itself "as the premier social service and civil rights organization in America."i Headquartered in New York City, this nonprofit, community-based agency has an organizational structure of over one ...
Ollie A. Johnson, Karin L. Stanford, 2002
8
For Business and Pleasure: Red-Light Districts and the ...
The NAACP and the National Urban League endorsed similar goals but followed distinctly different paths. Adhering to Du Boisian versus Washingtonian philosophies in their institutional missions, they exemplified the differences between ...
Mara Laura Keire, 2010
9
The Harlem Renaissance in Black and White
In fact, several people influential in the NAACP, including Mary White Ovington and Oswald Garrison Villard, had been closely involved with organizations that folded into each other to form the Urban League. Moreover, one of the founders of ...
George Hutchinson, 1995
10
African Americans and the Color Line in Ohio, 1915-1930
In 1918 the Negro Welfare League was reorganized as the Columbus Urban League, affiliated with the National Urban League. At the end of the decade, the featured work of the Columbus Urban League included placing unemployed ...
William Wayne Giffin, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «URBAN LEAGUE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Urban League is used in the context of the following news items.
1
2016 hopefuls speak at National Urban League conference in Miami
Republican presidential candidate and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks Friday, July 31, 2015, at the Urban League's National Conference in Fort ... «Bay News 9, Jul 15»
2
Watch National Urban League Live Stream: Jeb Bush, 2016 …
U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx spoke during the National Urban League conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, July 30, 2015. Republican ... «International Business Times, Jul 15»
3
Martin O'Malley National Urban League Speech: Presidential …
Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley took the stage Friday at the National Urban League Conference and attempted to cast himself as someone ... «International Business Times, Jul 15»
4
Toyota Revs Up Sponsorship At National Urban League Annual …
Toyota's long-standing relationship with National Urban League began more than ... The National Urban League (www.nul.org) is a historic civil rights and urban ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
5
Urban League breaks ground on new center in Ferguson
On Thursday, a crowd was seated under a big white tent on the former parking lot to hear from the president of the National Urban League, corporate leaders ... «St. Louis Public Radio, Jul 15»
6
Urban League releases report on New Orleans since Katrina
The median income gap between black and white households in New Orleans has widened by 18 percent from 2005 to 2013, according to the Urban League ... «SFGate, Jul 15»
7
Clinton to tackle race again at National Urban League conference
(CNN) Hillary Clinton will once again turn to the topics of race and inequality when she speaks at the National Urban League's annual conference in Fort ... «CNN, Jul 15»
8
Chicago Urban League head joins U.S. Senate race
Chicago Urban League head joins Senate race. Andrea Zopp, the head of the Chicago Urban League, announced Friday that she plans to run for U.S. Senate. «WLS-TV, May 15»
9
"Black America is in crisis": Urban League president
Amid ongoing tensions over the deaths of unarmed black men and teenagers by police, the National Urban League released its 2015 State of Black America ... «CBS News, Mar 15»
10
Urban League unveils plans for jobs center in Ferguson
The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis displayed on Monday artist renderings of a new jobs education center to be built in the footprint of QuikTrip ... «STLtoday.com, Mar 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Urban League [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/urban-league>. Apr 2024 ».
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