By John B. King Jr. and Marc Morial The coronavirus has shined a light on how systematic racism, unequal access to opportunity, and disinvestments in low-income communities and communities of … [Read more...]
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TO BE EQUAL: Whitney Young: Mr. Inside
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “You can’t allow 15,000 school boards to home bake their own little standards subject to their own political pressures and think we are going to have … [Read more...]
March on Washington highlights gap between American dream and American reality
By Marc Morial President of the National Urban League “We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so we’ve come to cash this … [Read more...]
Jobs still a key issue 50 years after Historic D.C. March
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief One of the primary goals of the 1963 March on Washington was finding or creating jobs for Blacks. At a panel discussion during the annual convention of … [Read more...]
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Justice for Trayvon – It’s not over yet
By Marc Morial NNPA Columnist “Even though I am broken hearted my faith is unshattered.” Tracy Martin, father of Trayvon Martin We were stunned by the outrageous not guilty verdict reached … [Read more...]
To Be Equal: The State of Black Men – Part 1
By Marc H. Morial, NNPA Columnist “As of 2004, more black men were denied the right to vote because of a criminal record than in 1870, when the Fifteenth Amendment was ratified, giving blacks the … [Read more...]
National Urban League releases ‘State of Black America’ report
Blacks slip on the road to parity with Whites By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent Blacks have fallen behind in their efforts to reach parity with Whites in several key areas since … [Read more...]
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TO BE EQUAL: Whitney Young: Mr. Inside
By Marc Morial NNPA Columnist “I am not anxious to be the loudest voice or the most popular. But I would like to think that at a crucial moment, I was an effective voice of the voiceless, an … [Read more...]
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Gun violence in America: It’s time to turn our tears into action
By Marc Morial NNPA Columnist “These neighborhoods are our neighborhoods and these children are our children. We’re going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more … [Read more...]
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All-Black revival of “A Streetcar Named Desire”on Broadway
Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “The landscape of any Tennessee Williams play is the human heart, and I have a cast of people with heart.” -Emily Mann, director of the new Broadway revival of … [Read more...]