More than 100 attendees, primarily teens from local schools, attended a private viewing of Just Mercy, a film about the true story of Harvard-educated attorney Bryan Stevenson’s fight to overturn a wrongfully imposed murder conviction.

The students, who also represented the Martin Luther King Coordinating Committee, the Police Athletic League, the Salvation Army, the Florida Federation of Families of Belle Glade, the Urban League of Palm Beach County (West Palm Beach, FL) and Urban Youth Impact were riveted. They voiced their displeasure when the defendant’s motion for new trial was denied, gave thunderous applause when the motion was later granted and were fully engaged in the discussion after the movie.

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The U.S. Census Bureau said it has reached its goal of recruiting more than 2.6 million applicants for the once-a-decade head count that launched for most of America this week — but it has been a bumpy road getting there and the new corona virus will likely make the path even more difficult.

The nation's abundance of jobs has complicated the effort, and some rural areas — particularly in New England, Appalachia and some Rocky Mountain states — are falling behind recruitment goals as the agency works to hire up to a half-million temporary workers before May. Falling short could threaten the count in some parts of the country, which in turn could lead to under-representation in Congress and less federal funding.

Marc H. Morial 
President and CEO
National Urban League
 

“One of my colleagues said to me, this is the first time I’ve seen a political billboard without a picture on it. Why isn’t your picture on it? I said, because it ain’t about me. It’s about the message on that billboard and the message is simply thus: making the greatness of this country accessible and affordable for all. We don’t need to make this country great again. This country is great. That’s not what our challenge is. Our challenge is making the greatness of this country accessible and affordable for all.” — U.S. Rep. James Clyburn

The 76-year-old great-granddaughter of an enslaved woman in South Carolina may be responsible for singlehandedly changing the trajectory of the 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary.

The spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus threatens communities across the country and millions of people around the globe. The National Urban League encourages everyone to practice all preventative measures outlined by the CDC including, but not limited to:

The New York Urban League (New York, NY) held its centennial kick-off event “100 Stories of Black New York” on February 20 at New-York Historical Society, coinciding with a special installation titled “The New York Urban League at 100” on exhibit now through May 17.

The Urban League and AT&T Missouri co-hosted a job fair at the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis (St. Louis, MO) on Thursday. The fair, which aimed to boost employment in the area, gave applicants opportunities to improve their resumes, practice interviewing before meeting with AT&T managers and, if selected, get a second interview.

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