May 6, 2019 -- Even as civil rights groups challenge racially-motivated voter suppression in the courts and state legislatures, an even more insidious enemy of democracy targets African Americans online, exploiting their trust and spreading disinformation, according to the 2019 State of Black America®.

“For Black Americans, the right to vote is especially sacred,” National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial said. “These attacks, from within our nation and from without, are a desecration to the memory of the martyrs who bled and died in defense of our rights.”

The full report can be found at www.StateOfBlackAmerica.org.

Available Now! Foreign Interference in American Democracy Specifically Targeted African Americans, Bolstering Domestic Efforts to Suppress The Black Vote. Read More

Your voice matters. This week, we hosted a community meeting on voting rights at the Urban League of Greater Cleveland with our W. K. Kellogg Foundation Racial Equity Anchors Collaborative partners.  Share your own voting story.

Honoring a local hero. A library branch in Buffalo, NY has been renamed for former Buffalo Urban League president and CEO Leroy R. Coles. More on his life and legacy.

Your voice matters. This week, we hosted a community meeting on voting rights at the Urban League of Greater Cleveland with our W. K. Kellogg Foundation Racial Equity Anchors Collaborative partners. Share your own voting story.

Foreign Interference in American Democracy Specifically Targeted African Americans
State of Black America® 2019 Documents the State of the Black Vote 

“In the days leading up to the election, the IRA [Russian Troll Farm] began to deploy voter suppression tactics on the Black-community targeted accounts … As the election became imminent, themes were tied into several varieties of voter suppression narratives: don’t vote, state home, this country is not for Black people, these candidates don’t care about Black people.” – U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee Report, “The Tactics and Tropes of the Internet Research Agency”

The U.S. Intelligence community announced it was “confident” that it happened.

A Senate Intelligence Committee report confirmed it.

And now the Mueller Report has documented its scope in breathtaking detail.

April 16, 2019 – The National Urban League Washington Bureau is pleased to welcome 30 new members to its Certificate in Advocacy Program.  This immersive program provides classroom training, peer-to-peer learning, as well as Capitol Hill and on-the-ground advocacy experiences to equip leaders from across the country to be more effective catalysts for change in their communities.  The members of the Spring 2019 class of the National Urban League Certificate in Advocacy Program are:

Ibrahim Adam, Houston, TX

Leelynn Brady, Norfolk, VA

Kendra Brim, Buffalo, NY

Calvin Brown, St. Petersburg, FL

Shane Cannon, Wilmington, DE

Crystal Comeger, Wilmington, DE

Ashley Curry, Houston, TX

Erika Deans, Central Islip, NY

Deion Dorsett, Houston, TX