To Be Equal

To Be Equal: Celebrating 20 Years Of Upholding A Tradition As “The Voice Of Black America”

“Show me a person who is full of prejudice, and I will show you a sick, unhappy, fearful individual who is not going anywhere and who is not growing. People don’t shut other people out; they fence themselves in.” – Whitney M. Young, Jr.

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A Climate In Crisis

“There’s one issue that will define the contours of this century more dramatically than any other, and that is the urgent threat of a changing climate.” - Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States

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March For Our Lives Follows a Venerable American Tradition of Student Social Activism [March 21, 2018]

“By our readiness to allow arms to be purchased at will and fired at whim, by allowing our movie and television screens to teach our children that the hero is one who masters the art of shooting and the technique of killing, by allowing all these developments, we have created an atmosphere in which violence and hatred have become popular pastimes.” – Martin Luther Ki

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Dr. Maya Angelou: I Rise, We Rise, She Rises [June 4, 2014]

“We hear your calling/ And we begin by giving you 100 years/ Of loving defense/ We shall encourage the world to look/ Upon your complexion and see community.”    Dr. Maya Angelou, from the original poem “We Hear You,” a commemorative tribute to the National Urban League, performed at the organization’s Centennial celebration – July 28, 2010

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President Obama Stands on the Shoulders of 50 Years of History [June 4, 2014]

“You can kill a man, but you can’t kill an idea.” Slain Civil Rights leader, Medgar Evers

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National Urban League and John Jay College Address Root Causes of Violence and Provide Alternatives to Police Response

“We want to establish a relationship between the police and the community that's not anchored in a warrior mentality, but in a guardian mentality. If you have a warrior mentality, you tend to view everyone in the community as an enemy combatant."

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Deceptions By Supreme Court Justices Warrant A Stringent, Enforcable Code Of Ethics

“Justice Thomas has betrayed a fundamental duty of high office: the duty of transparency. This disgraceful lawbreaking is precisely the sort of thing Congress has charged the attorney general with responsibility for addressing."

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“Tennessee Three” Fiasco Highlights Link Between Racism And Gun Violence

We won’t be bent, we won’t be bowed, and we won’t be ordered to ignore the hearts and minds of the people who elected us, demanding commonsense gun safety in a state that has nearly none."

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Randall Robinson Opened The Door Of Freedom In South Africa And Challenged America

We want our brothers and sisters in South Africa to know that we are with them today, we will be with them tomorrow, and we will be with them until their final freedom." – Randall Robinson

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No One, Not Even A Former President, Is Above The Law

“An indictment of the former president, followed by orderly due process, would show that no one is immune to following the law simply because he is famous, wealthy, politically powerful, willing to threaten the justice system, or possessed of intemperate and powerful followers such as Representative Andy Biggs..."

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