National Urban League President and CEO to Address Fair Housing on DNC Stage Tonight in Chicago

CHICAGO – National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial will speak on fair housing at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago tonight. 

Morial is scheduled to speak at  8 PM ET/7 PM CT.

The Urban League was instrumental in the U.S. Justice Department's 1973 racial discrimination against Donald Trump's real estate company.  Black testers sent by the Urban League were denied apartments or steered toward other buildings, and their applications were marked with “C,” for “colored.”  The consent decree Trump's company signed required that it provide the Urban League with weekly lists of all vacancies.  But the discrimination continued and in 1978 the Justice Department accused Trump Management of violating the consent decree.  The consent decree expired before the Department could press the case.

The National Urban League is a leading advocate for affordable housing solutions and has called for a national housing trust fund to finance construction and down payment assistance, expansion of the Section 8 housing voucher program, housing counseling and home buyer education.

To arrange an interview please contact Teresa Candori at tcandori@nul.org or 212-558-5362.