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National Urban League Condemns Executive Order to Dismantle Education Department

WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 20, 2025) – National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial issues the following statement in response to President Trump's executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education:

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National Urban League Launches "Counteroffensive" Against Trump Attack on MBDA

March 18, 2025 — The National Urban League today launched a counteroffensive against President Trump's latest move to eliminate opportunity for disadvantaged business owners by gutting the Minority Business Development Agency.
 

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Legacy Civil Rights Organizations Sound the Alarm: The Perilous State of Our Union

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Eliminating Census Advisory Committees Dims Transparency and Threatens Accurate 2030 Census Count

NEW YORK (March 11, 2025) — The National Urban League and the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation issued the following statement regarding the elimination of Census Advisory Committees:

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National Urban League Mourns the Passing of U.S. Rep Sylvester Turner

NATIONAL AND HOUSTON AREA URBAN LEAGUE LEADERS MOURN THE PASSING OF U.S. REP. AND FORMER MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER

HOUSTON and NEW YORK (March 5, 2025) — National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial and Houston Area Urban League President and CEO Judson W. Robinson III issued the following statement upon the passing of U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner, the former mayor of Houston.

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National Urban League Mourns NAACP Icon Hazel Dukes

NEW YORK (March 1, 2025) -- National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial released the following statement in response to the death of Hazel Dukes:

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