Urban League Movement Reflects on a Year of Empowering Americans through...
By Marc Morial (To Be Equal #94) – “From your founding, amid the great migration, to the struggles of the civil rights movement, to the battles of today, the Urban League has been on the ground, in our...
View Article2018 marks the 50th Anniversary of a Momentous Year in Civil Rights
“It is not an overstatement to say that the destiny of the entire human race depends on what is going on in America today. This is a staggering reality to the rest of the world; they must feel like...
View ArticleSupreme Court Appointment Must Not Be Made Under a Cloud of Distrust
By Marc H. Morial (To Be Equal #26) – Article Two, Section 2, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution directs the President, “by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate,” to appoint judges of...
View ArticleBreaking the Gubernatorial Glass Ceiling
By Marc Morial (NUL To Be Equal #35) – In the 240-year history of the United States, four African-American men have presided as the chief executive of a state or commonwealth. Only two were elected in...
View ArticleJussie Smollett Case Threatens to Distract from The Rising Tide of Hate Crime
By Marc Morial (To Be Equal #8) – This week, the Southern Poverty Law Center announced that the number of hate groups in the United States continued to rise for the fourth consecutive year in 2018....
View ArticleAttitudes About Guns Safety Are Changing, But Senate Leadership Is Mired In...
NEW YORK (To Be Equal #35 by Marc H. Morial) – The facts on gun safety are clear. Since 1994, background checks have blocked over 3.5 million gun sales to felons, domestic abusers, and other people who...
View ArticleNational Urban League Vows to Oppose Housing Finance Reform That Does Not...
By Marc H Morial, NUL (To Be Equal #36) – The United States’ long history of discriminatory mortgage policies have led to vast disparities in homeownership. Only about 41 percent of Black households...
View ArticleNew Jersey Ends Prison Gerrymandering; Other States And The Federal...
By Marc H. Morial, (To Be Equal #4) – The Census is one of the most powerful tools the African American community has to claim our rightful voice in the political, legislative and social institutions...
View ArticleTransformational Change Needed to Cure the Virus of Racism Infecting Local...
By Marc H. Morial (To Be Equal #23) – Black Americans in 2020 are contending with the devastating impact of two viruses – coronavirus and racism. Five years ago, in the wake of Michael Brown’s death at...
View ArticleConfederate Monuments and Symbols are Advertisements For a Product No One...
By Marc H. Morial (Be Equal #27) – Mississippi’s decision this week to eliminate a Confederate symbol from its state flag is the culmination of more than 40 years of activism, and a single step in the...
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