To Be Equal - National Urban League

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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.

2008 Columns

Date Column Title #

5/14/08 "Summer Time and the Living Ain't Easy" 16

5/07/08 "A Modern Day Poll Tax" 15

4/30/08 "Young, Gifted and Nothing To Do" 14

4/23/08 "Financial Literacy = Economic Empowerment" 13

4/16/08 "The Drop-Out Crisis" 12

4/09/08 "Forty Years Later" 11

4/02/08 "Governor David Paterson" 10

3/26/08 "The Speech" 9

3/19/08 "2008 Congressional Leadership Awards" 8

3/12/08 "The State of Black America 2008" 7

3/05/08 "More Mortgage Relief on Way but Some Borrowers to Still Feel the Pain" 6

2/27/08 "Supreme Court Should Make Already Cruel Punishment Less Cruel" 5

2/20/08 "Stimulus Efforts Not Enough to Halt Economic Decline" 4

2/13/08 "Just in Time for MLK Day, Presidential Contest Takes Racial Turn" 3

2/06/08 "Voter ID Decision Could Impact Electoral Landscape for Decades to Come " 2

1/30/08 "Presidential Politics Likely to Frame Congressional Debate in 2008" 1