 Henderson wrote various works including The Economic Imbalance, Economic Dimensions in Race Relations, Economic Opportunity and Negro Education, The Economic Status of Negroes, The Advancing South, Employment Race and Poverty, and Negro Colleges Face the Future.Henderson was engaged with various urban, group, and social equality associations and was very looked for after to serve on nearby, state, local, national, and global government and corporate councils, commissions, teams, and sheets.His memberships included the boards of directors of the National Sharecroppers Fund; Potomac Institute; Fulton County Equal Employment Opportunities Committee and the General Board of Christian Social Concerns of the Methodist Church.