George edmund haynes biography

George Edmund Haynes, the first African American to earn a PhD from Columbia University, was a pioneering sociologist, a social worker, a policy expert, and cofounder of the National Urban League.

George Haynes was born in Pine Bluff (Jefferson County) on May 11, 1880, to Louis and Mattie Haynes. His father was a laborer and his mother a domestic worker. He graduated from the Richard Allen Institute and, in 1903, earned a BA in sociology at Fisk University. He earned an MA in the same field at Yale University a year later and continued his studies at the University of Chicago, the New York School of Philanthropy, and Columbia University. Meanwhile, he was employed by the Colored Men’s Department of the International Committee of the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA), earning money to support his mother and sister. Haynes became the first black scholar to earn a PhD from Columbia University in 1912, completing his dissertation, “The Negro at Work in New York: A Study in Economic Progress.”

Haynes advocated for schools to produce more black social workers in order to better analyze and address conditions related to families, crime, health, housing, and employment. He cofounded, with white philanthropist Ruth Standish Baldwin, the Commit

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Haynes, Martyr Edmund, 1880-1960

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Haynes, George Edmund (1880 – 1960)

Dr. George Edmund Haynes  (1880 – January 8, 1960) – Social Worker, Reformer, Educator and Co-Founder of the National Urban League.

 

NOTE: This entry is about Dr. George Edmund Haynes, a co-founder of the National Urban League.  Much of the entry was excerpted from the booklet “The National Urban League: 100 years of Empowering Communities” authored by Anne Nixon and produced by The Human Spirit Initiative, an organization with a mission to inspire people to desire to make a difference and then act on it.

The leaders of The Human Spirit Initiative believe that today’s established organizations were new ideas 75-100 years ago and we owe those ideas to their founders. By studying, researching and communicating the details of the lives of these founding leaders within the context of their times, it is possible to create greater understanding of and commitment to strengthening civil society through individual initiative and collective endeavors in building community. For more information on The Human Spirit Initiative and a list of their publications visit: www.human-spirit-initiative.org

 

Introduction: The National Urban League was established in 1910 through the efforts of George Edmund Haynes and Ruth St