United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.500182013-09-27Encyclopedia article about Jesse O. Thomas, a protégé of African American educator Booker T. Washington. He established in 1919 the Atlanta chapter of the National Urban League, a civil rights organization. During the early twentieth century, he was a pioneer in the upper echelons of national organizations, including some that had been exclusively white until his arrival.GSE identifier: SS8H8engForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia EncyclopediaAfrican American civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century--BiographyAtlanta Urban LeagueAtlanta (Ga.)--Race relations--History--20th centuryJesse O. Thomas (1885-1972)Text