On Thursday, February 6th from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., the Urban League of Greater Hartford (Hartford, CT) will host the 2025 Black History Celebration: A Legacy Revealed | Expressions of Hope event at the Mark Twain House & Museum on 351 Farmington Ave. in Hartford, featuring vendors, food, entertainment, the 2025 Legacy Honors Awards and music, poetry, and dance.

The annual free event, made possible by Title Legacy Sponsor Liberty Bank and other institutional partners, is in its 10th year of showcasing the achievements and contributions of African American, Afro-Caribbean, and Afro-Latino cultures in the Capital Region through interactive exhibits, inspiring performances, and reflections of history.

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Marc H. Morial 
President and CEO
National Urban League

“This is the thing people seem to have intentionally forgotten: that discrimination is real and prevents qualified people from getting opportunities that they would otherwise have and the goal of DEI is to prevent that as much as possible. But there are plenty of influential people on the intellectual right who see outlawing this kind of discrimination as a fundamental perversion of what the political order is supposed to be .. which should tell you something about what the crusade against DEI actually was all about. It wasn't about restoring merit. It wasn't about fairness. It was about removing undesirable classes of people from the competition pool for jobs that bring high pay and high status.” – Jamelle Bouie

Of the many lies behind the current assault on racial justice and diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, the most vicious is that DEI policies lower standards.

NEW YORK (January 29, 2025) — National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial today condemned the Trump administration’s illegal order denying essential federal funds, risking the nation’s economic stability in a misguided effort to stifle diversity, equity and inclusion.

"The administration’s directive calling for a 'pause' on all federal financial assistance is a cold, callous, and unprecedented action that will have devastating consequences for millions of Americans," Morial said. "It demonstrates a blatant disregard for the well-being of families, students, small business owners, farmers, veterans and other everyday Americans who depend on the federal funding to survive and thrive."

Community leaders are once again putting pressure on Jefferson County Public Schools leaders to restore bus routes for magnet schools, which are already seeing a sizeable drop in applications, according to data obtained by The Courier Journal.

JCPS leaders committed to restoring magnet transportation for some schools this year back in June, thanks to a partnership with the city's public transit system. However, that has yet to happen due to delays in onboarding new drivers.

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we remember the impact the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had on our country and people in our state, including one man who wanted a better future for the Black men and women in Hartford.

At the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History is a pair of brown leather shoes - a piece of United States history worn by William J. Brown.

"Bill Brown was so instrumental and so poignant in advocating for the community and really being a champion for economic empowerment," said David Hopkins, President and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Hartford (Hartford, CT).

After spending time in the Urban League Movement around the country, in places such as Detroit, Michigan and Southbend, Indiana, Brown settled in Connecticut.

In 1964, he became the first person to lead the Urban League of Greater Hartford.

Brown wanted to see Black people treated equally and given the same economic opportunities.

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Devoting time on MLK Day to clean up in this historically black community.

Following Tallahassee's college students on a service day in Frenchtown and learning how this could continue past the holiday.

For the seventh year, the Tallahassee Urban League (Tallahassee, FL) held an MLK service day in Frenchtown.

"We want to do everything we can to bring about a transformation to our neighbors."

And the majority of hands working on that transformation — about 200 of Tallahassee's college students.

Chaudia Adams is a FAMU social work student and an intern at the Urban League.

She says the turnout for Monday's service day was much better than expected.

It's great for one day, but she hopes to improve the Urban League's social media presence to connect with students where they tend to live.