He
was invited to present his findings to a Joint meeting of two
city organizations which were probing the same problem. The
Committee for Improving Industrial Conditions of Negroes in New
York as well as the National League for the Protection of
Colored Women had been formed early in the century and were
eager to base their efforts on scientific study rather than on
mere sentimentality. Haynes's research was later published as The
Negro at Work in New York City.
This meeting resulted in the establishing of the Urban League
which has been concerned primarily with finding employment for
Negroes and aiding them in acquiring improved job skills. Haynes
and Eugene Kinckle Jones were its executive directors. One of its
sponsors was Booker T. Washington, who was more sympathetic with
its orientation than he had been with either the Niagara Movement
or the N.A.A.C.P., both of which were more political and
aggressive. The philanthropist Julius Rosenwald gave the League
substantial financial aid. The Urban League soon spread into
other major cities and gained increasing importance as
ever-growing numbers of Negroes migrated into Northern urban areas
and needed assistance in making the adjustment.
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