Year founded: 1910
Founders: A group of urban leaders led by Ruth Standish Baldwin and George Edmund Haynes
Headquarters: New York
Why it was founded: The organization grew out of a desire among social activists and philanthropists to help black people fleeing racial injustice in the South only to find trouble getting well-paying jobs in Northern cities.
What it does today: Provides training, counseling, and advocacy, working for economic empowerment, educational opportunities, and the guarantee of civil rights for African-Americans and Latinos
