For decades, old-guard civil rights groups like the National Urban League, the NAACP, and even Al Sharpton‘s National Action Network, have been the go-to groups for elected officials to get a read on the needs and demands of Black voters. But Black Lives Matter, with its tight social media game, has shifted the paradigm, forcing civil rights […]
The Emanuel AME Church shooting in Charleston that claimed the lives of nine African-Americans should force our nation to confront our views about the Confederacy,…
What will it take to address the gap between Black and White fourth graders in America who can read at their grade level? Dr. Valerie Rawlston…
CNN anchor Don Lemon, who made a Columbia Journalism Review list of “worst journalism of 2014,” has done it again. Saying she was just singing…
A group of Black media owners have filed a $20 billion federal lawsuit against Comcast, Time Warner, Inc., the Rev. Al Sharpton, the NAACP and the National…
A group of Black state lawmakers is stepping up pressure on Google, Facebook, Twitter and others to diversify their workforces in 2015 through more robust…
While some civil rights groups argue that President Barack Obama’s call for strict regulation of Internet access would be harmful to minority communities, others…
Marc Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League recently joined Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” to discuss how the Common Core initiative differs from…
With the release of the National Urban League‘s 38th annual State Of Black America Report, a panel discussion involving key figures of NUL opens up an examination…
National Urban League President Marc Morial visited Indy this week to address the annual Equal Opportunity Day Luncheon of the Indianapolis Urban League. Morial appeared live on Afternoons with Amos and talked about the stagnantly high Black unemployment rate in the country and what the Urban League and its affiliates are doing to combat that. […]
In an exclusive interview, Marc Morial, President, National Urban League spoke about a wide range of topics on Afternoons with Amos. Morial discussed the absolute lack of discussion of issues of cities and Urban America during the Presidential Debates. Morial called for a “complete overhaul” of the Presidential debate system. Morial urged listeners and the […]
Say it ain’t so! I can not believe that a tennis shoe is coming out for $315.00 and neither can the National Urban League. They are speaking out against Nike for releasing this shoe and targeting the African-American community. Click here to read more
