National Urban League

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September 20, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - In four days over 1100 organizations will come together in a national wide call for voter registration...
August 24, 2012
VIDEO - National Urban League president Marc Morial explains why charging over $300 for new Lebron shoe is outrageous...
August 21, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The National Urban League wants no part of a reported $315 Nike basketball shoe set to hit…
July 25, 2012
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - In one of his most expansive responses yet to gun crime, President Barack Obama on Wednesday…
July 18, 2012
ANALYSIS - As the Urban League detailed in an important report it released on Monday, African-Americans are themselves a crucial…
July 17, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - One of the country's oldest civil rights groups says President Barack Obama may have a tougher time…
September 30, 2011
WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - The 'NULITES,' which stands for National Urban League Incentive To Excel and Succeed, is a…
August 12, 2011
The answer is that the Urban League is utterly dependent on the generosity of corporate donors, and Bill Gates is…
April 10, 2011
OPINION - We do not need the National Urban League, the United Negro College Fund, or the Obama Administration to…
April 10, 2011
OPINION - For those of us busy living our American dream, should there be leaders looking out for the collective…
August 3, 2010
Marc Morial is one of the award recipients at a conference breakfast in downtown Baltimore for the National Organization of…
July 29, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama said the goal isn't to fire or admonish teachers but to create a culture of…
July 26, 2010
VIDEO - President and CEO of the National Urban League, Marc Morial, explains how the centennial conference will tackle unemployment…
June 19, 2010
SEATTLE (AP) - A Seattle teen shown on video shoving a police officer who then punched her in the face…
April 19, 2010
VIDEO - African-Americans remain one of the most adversely affected cultural groups in society, especially compared to their white counterparts...
April 6, 2010
From The Washington Independent - New statistics on unemployment among blacks raise questions about the Administration's "post-racial" approach to joblessness...
March 26, 2010
OPINION - Instead of empowerment, the National Urban League report emphasizes dependency...
March 24, 2010
VIDEO - The proposal is among several measures the Urban League calls for in its annual State of Black America…
March 23, 2010
VIDEO - The need for President Barack Obama to outline a specific agenda for blacks has been the center of…
March 2, 2010
This week, the National Urban League celebrates its Centennial year with a call to action...