National Urban League
Tue, 20 Jun 2023 - 10:10am

National and Local Urban League Leaders Respond to Report on Minneapolis Police

NEW YORK and MINNEAPOLIS (June 17, 2023) -- National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial and Urban League of the Twin Cities Interim President and CEO Marquita Stephens issued the following statement in response to the U.S.

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Tue, 20 Jun 2023 - 9:35am

National Urban League: Conviction in Pittsburg Synagouge Massacre a Step Toward Justice But the Work to Combat Hate & Violence Continues

 NEW YORK (June 16, 2023) – The federal conviction of the anti-Semitic gunman who murdered 11 worshippers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue in 2018 is a step toward justice, National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial said today, but the lax gun policies and racist conspiracy theories that fueled the massacre rage on. 

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Thu, 08 Jun 2023 - 1:47pm

National Urban League Hails the U.S. Supreme Court's Voting Rights Decision as a Win for Justice and Democracy

Washington, D.C. (June 8, 2023) – Today, National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Allen v.

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Fri, 02 Jun 2023 - 11:49am

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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National Urban League
Thu, 25 May 2023 - 3:38pm

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
Thu, 25 May 2023 - 9:05am

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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National Urban League
Thu, 18 May 2023 - 4:36pm

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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National Urban League
Tue, 09 May 2023 - 11:20am

Legacy Civil Rights Leaders Officially Endorse the Freedom To Learn Campaign

National Urban League, National Action Network, NAACP, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.

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National Urban League
Thu, 20 Apr 2023 - 9:53am

National Urban League and Akron Urban League Renew Calls For Police Accountability In Jayland Walker Shooting

WASHINGTON, D.C. and AKRON, OHIO (April 19, 2023) – Today, National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial and Akron Urban League President and CEO Teresa LeGrair issued the following statement after a jury chose not to indict the officers for shooting Jayland Walker.

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National Urban League
Sat, 15 Apr 2023 - 9:36am

National Urban League Awarded $4M Grant For Re-Entry Programs

NEW YORK (April 14, 2023) – Marc H. Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League, today announced a $4 million award received from the U.S. Department of Labor to fund the organization’s Growth Opportunities Program – a re-entry program that operates out of the Urban League affiliates in Buffalo, New York, Chicago, Illinois, and St. Louis, Missouri:

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