Greater Roxbury Workers Association, n.d.

This series documents the activities of the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts' President / Chief Executive Officers, including program implementation; fundraising and resource development; relations with the National Urban League, the Boston Public Schools, local media organizations, and funders; strategic planning; and collaboration efforts with outside organizations, including the Black Ecumenical Commission of Massachusetts, Citywide Educational Coalition, the Anti-Defamation League, NSTAR, and NYNEX. Community development and facilities management are also documented. Board of Director minutes and committee meeting minutes are annotated by the presidents.

Records include agendas; budgets; proposals; grants and contracts; and correspondence from funders, outside organizations, the National Urban League, and board members. Also included are job descriptions, staff lists and meeting minutes, personnel policies, and program progress reports. Located throughout this series are program descriptions, reports, proposals, grants, and contracts. See Series 3. Development and External Relations, for a complete set of funding proposals, grants, and contracts. See Series 4. Programs, for a complete set of program descriptions. Also see Series 5, Audio-visual and Memorabilia for staff meeting minutes, 2000-2001.

A. Donald Polk (.75 cubic ft.), 1984-1988, includes meeting minutes of the Boston Civil Rights Coalition; documentation from Greater Roxbury Incorporation Project: A New Municipality, which outlines a plan for Roxbury to become independent of Boston; and the position of the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts on South Africa.

B. William Brown (.05), 1988, includes meeting minutes of the Black Ecumenical Commission of Massachusetts in addition to material from the AIDS Action Committee and the Alliance for Young Families.

C. Joan Wallace Benjamin (6 cubic ft.), 1989-2000, includes correspondence to and from the National Urban League, the Board of Directors, funders, and city, state, and federal law makers; funding proposals, grants, and contracts; and strategic plan development. Also included are program progress reports, fundraising plans, meeting minutes, and agreements between the National Urban League and the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts, the National Urban League's Affiliate Analysis, and the Organizational Check-Up results.

D. Barbara Edelin (0.25 cubic ft.) 2001, includes program information and correspondence.

E. Darnell Williams (0.50 cubic ft.) 2001-present, includes the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts Performance Assessment.

Of interest is the relationship between the National Urban League and the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts (Boxes 4-5); the response of Joan Wallace Benjamin to the Boston Magazine: "Head Negro In Charge" controversy, which challenged the choice of the title of an article about Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Box 3); and the Ten Demandments, which were issued as a result of the aftermath of the Rodney King verdict in 1992 (Box 5).