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National Urban League Celebrates 20 Years of Transformational Leadership Under Marc Morial

NEW YORK (June 2, 2023) – Just a few weeks after taking the reins of the nation’s largest historic civil rights organization, Marc H. Morial delivered his first “State of the Urban League” keynote address at the Conference in Pittsburgh, laying out a bold, 5-point Empowerment Agenda that would come to define the next two decades of civil rights leadership. 

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Principals From Legacy Civil Rights Organizations Meet With Black Caucus In Historic First Encounter

WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 25, 2023) – Today, National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial joined Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP, Melanie Campbell, President and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and convener of the Black Women’s Roundtable, Damon Hewitt, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Shavon Arline-Bradley, President and CEO of the National Council of Negro Women, and Janai Nelson, President and Director-Counsel of the Legal Defense Fund for a joint convening with the Canadian Parliamentary Black Caucus to discuss the ways to foster civic engagement and opportunities for transborder partnerships between Canadian and American groups:  

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National Urban League Mourns the Loss of Iconic Singer Tina Turner

NEW YORK (MAY 24, 2023) – Today, National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial released the following statement in remembrance of the Queen of Rock and Roll Tina Turner:

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Marking Three Years Since George Floyd's Murder, Civil Rights Leaders Urge Passage of His Namesake Act

Marking Three Years Since George Floyd's Murder, Legacy Civil Rights Leaders Urge Passage of His Namesake Justice in Policing Act to Bring Accountability to Law Enforcement 

National Urban League, National Action Network, NAACP, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law,

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