National Urban League

Collection Spotlight: Ramon S. Scruggs, Sr. Papers

gstrassel — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 10:37:14 -0500

Best known as the first African American member of management at both the Michigan Bell Telephone Company and AT&T, Ramon S. Scruggs, Sr. served as an influential civil rights figure in the American business community from the 1940s until his passing in 1984. What separated Scruggs from many other civil rights figures was his focus on improving racial equality through integrating African Americans into positions of management within large corporations. The Ramon S. Scruggs Sr. Papers, recently opened to the public at the Walter P. Reuther Library, chronicle the subject’s numerous accomplishments. read more »

(11743) National Urban League

jruss — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:16:57 -0500

AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer William Lucy speaks at the National Urban League in July 1985.

(25669) Young and Wurf

jruss — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:06:07 -0400

AFSCME President Jerry Wurf (right) accepts the National Urban League’s Equal Opportunity Day Award from National Urban League President Whitney Young. AFSCME received this award for its role in the successful 1968 sanitation workers’ strike in Memphis during which Martin Luther King was assassinated.

(30614) National Urban League's Equal Opportunity Day Award

jruss — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 13:48:29 -0400

AFSCME President Jerry Wurf speaks at the National Urban League’s Equal Opportunity Day Award banquet. AFSCME received this award for its role in the successful 1968 sanitation workers’ strike in Memphis during which Martin Luther King was assassinated. President Lyndon Johnson later attended and spoke at the banquet.

(30615) National Urban League's Equal Opportunity Day Award banquet

jruss — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 14:01:28 -0400

AFSCME President Jerry Wurf (left) and National Urban League President Whitney Young (right) applaud U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson (second from right) at the 1968 National Urban League's Equal Opportunity Day Award banquet in New York City. AFSCME received the award for its role in the successful 1968 sanitation workers’ strike in Memphis during which Martin Luther King was assassinated.

(30617) Sarnoff, Young, and Wurf

jruss — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 14:30:31 -0400

Award recipients at the 1968 National Urban League’s Equal Opportunity Day Award banquet. From left: Robert W. Sarnoff, president and chief executive officer of the Radio Corporation of America; National Urban League President Whitney Young; and AFSCME President Jerry Wurf. AFSCME received this award for its role in the successful 1968 sanitation workers’ strike in Memphis during which Martin Luther King was assassinated.

(30618) Wurf applauds Johnson

jruss — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 14:38:02 -0400

AFSCME President Jerry Wurf (left) applauds U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson (right) at the 1968 National Urban League's Equal Opportunity Day Award banquet in New York City. AFSCME received the award for its role in the successful 1968 sanitation workers’ strike in Memphis during which Martin Luther King was assassinated.

(32409) Ramon Scruggs and Hubert H. Humphrey, Miami

gstrassel — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 10:06:40 -0500

Ramon Scruggs as vice president of the National Urban League greeting vice president Hubert H. Humphrey at an airport in Miami for the National Urban League conference. Undated