ATLANTA (April 24, 2023) – Last Tuesday, April 18th, the National Urban League released the annual “State of Black America.”

The report warned that the country was facing a crisis of hate and extremism within its own borders.

In summary, the report said, “the alarm around the explosive growth of far-right and domestic extremism and the threat it poses to our communities, our families, and our nation.”

Marc H. Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League, said, “There’s a fire blazing in the United States of America. That fire is burning through democracy.”

The event releasing the report was held at Morehouse College, in Atlanta.

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Marc H. Morial 
President and CEO
National Urban League
 

“Our sense of belonging and prosperity relies on freedom from violence. That freedom requires confronting the threat that armed violence poses to our democracy and the hate-fueled rhetoric that feeds it. Moreover, keeping voters and elections safe from political violence is necessary to advance free, fair, and secure elections and ballot access.” – Project Code

There is a fire blazing in the United States of America.

That the fire is burning through classrooms, law enforcement, the right to speak, the right to assemble and the right to vote. It is the fire of hatred, extremism, and domestic terrorism. It is the fire of white supremacy.