Hugh Price Steps Down as Head of the Urban League

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For more than eight years, Hugh Price has traveled the country preaching the gospel of quality education, social service and economic empowerment as the president and chief executive officer of the National Urban League.

But in November, the Yale-educated lawyer who brought the 93-year-old organization back from the brink of financial ruin announced that he is burned out and will leave the organization in April to pursue other interests.

"It is like being a runner; you run the laps as long as you can, but there comes a time when you pass the baton," says Price, 61. "I have run my laps. I wanted to go out running strong and feeling a great sense of accomplishment." …