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To Be Equal

Syndicated Weekly Column
by National Urban League President & CEO Marc H. Morial

"To Be Equal" is a syndicated weekly column by National Urban League President Marc H. Morial that is distributed to over 400 newspapers and websites nationwide. Each week's topic focuses on issues affecting both African American's and the nation as a whole.

Begun in 1963 by CEO Whitney M. Young, Jr., as "the voice of black America," the column was immediately picked up by major newspapers and radio stations across the country. Today, the To Be Equal column continues to present a unique insight on national and international issues.

2009 Columns

Date Column Title #

6/17/09 "Holocaust Museum Murder a Call to Action" 24

6/10/09 "Are You Ready for Digital TV?" 23

6/3/09 "Sotomayor is the American Dream" 22

5/27/09 "HBCUs Needed Now More Than Ever" 21

5/20/09 "Mayors Kevin Johnson and Dave Bing � Yes They Did" 20

5/13/09 "Jack Kemp -- Bleeding Heart Conservative" 19

5/6/09 "President Obama�s First 100 Days" 18

4/29/09 "Urban Drop-Out Rates At Catastrophic Levels" 17

4/22/09 "Supreme Court to Consider Key Civil Rights Cases" 16

4/15/09 "Coaches Should be Paid for Performance on and off the Court" 15

4/8/09 "President Obama Takes Dr. King�s Dream to the World Stage" 14

4/1/09 "John Hope Franklin � A Great American Historian" 13

3/25/09 "The State of Black America 2009 � The Best of Times, the Worst of Times" 12

3/18/09 "DNA Testing should be a Right!" 11

3/11/09 "The Congressional Black Caucus � A Powerful Majority of One" 10

3/4/09 "New York Post Cartoon Offends" 9

2/25/09 "Saying No To Stimulus Money Makes No Sense" 8

2/17/09 "Black History Month- Needed Now More Than Ever" 7

2/11/09 "Final Countdown�The Economic Stimulus Plan Down to the Wire!" 6

2/2/09 "Mike Tomlin Makes Super Bowl History" 5

1/28/09 "Now is the Time for DC Voting Rights" 4

1/21/09 "From Prophet King to President Obama in 40 Years" 3

1/14/09 "Dick Parsons � Corporate and Civic Champion" 2

1/7/09 "Eartha Kitt and Freddie Hubbard" 1