The Presidents (or Executive Directors) of the National Urban League have been:
| Presidents | From | To | Background |
| George Edmund Haynes | 1910 | 1918 | social worker |
| Eugene Kinckle Jones | 1918 | 1940 | civil rights activist |
| Lester Blackwell Granger | 1941 | 1961 | civic leader |
| Whitney Moore Young, Jr. | 1961 | 1971 | civil rights activist |
| Vernon Eulion Jordan, Jr. | 1971 | 1981 | attorney |
| John Edward Jacob | 1982 | 1994 | civil rights activist |
| Hugh Bernard Price | 1994 | 2002 | attorney foundation executive |
| Milton James Little, Jr. (Acting President) |
2003 | 2003 | social worker administrator |
| Marc Haydel Morial | 2003 | Current | attorney former Mayor of New Orleans |
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