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National Urban League Supports Justice In Policing Act

NEW YORK (June 8, 2020) -- As millions of Americans take to the streets to peacefully demand an end to racially-motivated police brutality and systemic racism, Congressional leaders have introduced police reform legislation based largely on the recommendations of the nation’s leading civil rights organizations.

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National Urban League Presidents Are United Against Inequality and Racism

NEW YORK (June 4, 2020) -- Former National Urban League leaders Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., John E. Jacob and Hugh B. Price, along with current President and CEO Marc H. Morial, have released the following joint statement:

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Civil Rights Leaders Call For National Day of Mourning; Demand Federal Action to Reform Police

NEW YORK (June 1, 2020) -- The leaders of the nation’s leading civil rights and racial justice organizations have issued a joint statement in response to the unrest ravaging America’s cities.

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Urban League Leaders Respond to Civil Unrest

Click Here to read the Urban League response letter.

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Civil Rights Leaders Urge Minneapolis Leaders to Keep Communities Safe

See the letter from the Civil Rights Coalition in response to the events in Minneapolis.

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National Urban League Demands Prosecution of Officers Involved in George Floyd's Death

National Urban League Demands Prosecution of Officers Involved in George Floyd's Death, Examination of Their Records 

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National Urban League Opposes OCC’s Effort To Weaken Crucial Anti-Redlining Law

NEW YORK (May, 22 2020) -- Marc H. Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League, released the following statement in response to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s issuance of a final rule that imposes changes to implementation of the Community Reinvestment Act  of 1977. 

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National Urban League and Wells Fargo Partner to Keep People Housed in Response to COVID-19

Civil rights organization is among the groups receiving grants to help more than 100,000 renters and homeowners stay in their homes.

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National Urban League Urges Federal Government to Exclude Predatory Lenders From Small Business Program

NEW YORK (May 20, 2020) -- National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial called on the federal government to reject efforts by predatory payday lenders to gain access to funding...

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PepsiCo Launches $7 Million Initiative To Help U.S. Communities Hardest Hit By COVID-19

Originally Published: May 21, 2020 In response to alarming evidence of the continued disparate, negative impact of COVID-19, PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEP) and its philanthropic arm, The PepsiCo Foundation, today launched an initiative to provide increased medical and economic aid to communities of color across the country where the company has long worked.

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