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Clyde Malone was the
Executive Director of the Lincoln Urban League following Millard Woods, our
founder. Clyde Malone was a graduate from Historical News
Excerpt taken from "THE NEGROES OF NEBRASKA"
"In 1928 a local branch of the National Urban League was organized at Omaha, as an outgrowth of the Colored Commercial Club. The first executive secretary was J. Harvey Kerns. Five years later, in 1933, another local branch was organized at Lincoln. The executive board of each branch of the Urban League includes both Negroes and whites. The active management of the organizations is in the hands of their executive secretaries, chosen from members of the Negro race because of their qualifications as leaders and executives. The present executive secretary of the Omaha Urban League is Raymond R. Brown, formerly at Akron, Ohio. At Lincoln the post is held by Millard F. Woods."
During the 1950s and 1960s, a number of important civil rights' activities occurred that helped position the Civil Rights movement for greater recognition. They also led either directly or indirectly the passage of key legislation. The link below is a timeline of civil rights in the U.S. and the major legislation, Supreme Court cases, and activities that occurred in the Civil Rights movement at the time.
Milestones in the modern civil rights movement
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