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Photos: National Urban League’s Delegation to Beijing Visits the Great Wall...
*Historic trade and cultural mission led by NUL President and CEO Marc H. Morial is the largest group of African-Americans to ever visit Beijing The delegation of 46 includes Morial, Los Angeles Urban...
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Special Edition of ‘Washington Week With Roland Martin’ Taped This Week In China
*A special edition of Washington Watch with Roland Martin taped in China this week features newsmaker guest National Urban League President and CEO Marc Morial and is scheduled to air on TV One Sunday,...
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Black Leaders Pressure Obama for Jobs Bill
Benjamin Jealous, president of the NAACP, the Rev. Al Sharpton, and Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League, spoke to the media yesterday after meeting with President Obama. (Larry...
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Smiley’s Black Agenda Forum at Odds with ‘Black Leaders’ On Obama
Tavis Smiley *Some noted Black leaders recently have suggested publicly that President Obama does not need to focus on Black issues. In response to mounting evidence showing African Americans are...
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Greg Cunningham: On Target: ‘Dare. Dream. Do.’ Campaign More Than Black...
*Greg Cunningham has the charge of driving the multicultural marketing strategy for Target stores, and last month, in honor of Black History Month, Cunningham and Target announced this year’s new...
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Urban League’s ‘State of Black America’ Report Calls for ‘Jobs Surge’ to Aid...
*The National Urban League – the nation’s second oldest civil rights organization – last week released its annual “State of Black America” report. And while making it clear that the group was...
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Sharpton’s National Action Network Readies Annual Conference
*Rev. Al Sharpton and the National Action Network (NAN) will host its annual national conference from April 14 – 17 at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers in New York City. The four-day event will...
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Photos: President Obama & Celebs Gather for 2010 National Urban League...
Marc Morial, President & CEO of the National Urban League, introduces Barack H. Obama at Plenary Session II. *The National Urban League kicked off its annual conference in Washington, D.C. on...
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Civil Rights Groups Sign Ground Breaking Agreement with Comcast and NBC...
*BALTIMORE, MD – The NAACP, National Urban League and National Action Network announced today an agreement with Comcast and NBC Universal to expand current diversity initiatives intended to increase...
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Trump Flirting with Black Backlash
*(Via Politico) Donald Trump’s strategy of spurring interest in his presidential campaign by flirting with discredited theories about President Barack Obama’s birthplace is stirring a growing backlash...
View ArticleRev. Al Sharpton and Civil Rights Leaders Prepare to Meet NBA Commissioner...
*As NBA owners prepare to vote on whether or not to terminate Donald Sterling’s ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers, the Rev. Al Sharpton will meet with the head of the NBA to discuss the...
View ArticleAl Sharpton on Sony’s Amy Pascal: ‘I’m Gonna Give Her a Lotta Heck about the...
*Al Sharpton isn’t playing! Sony head Amy Pascal has some explaining to do or as he said, “I’m gonna give her a lotta heck about the hack.” Either she needs to really see the error of Sony’s ways when...
View ArticleAl Sharpton Meets with Sony Chief Amy Pascal over Racist Emails
*The Rev. Al Sharpton on Thursday said that “the jury is still out on where we go” with embattled Sony Pictures Entertainment Co-Chairman Amy Pascal, who came under pressure after a cyberattack exposed...
View ArticleVictoria Rowell Sues CBS, Sony Claiming Retaliation over Diversity Complaints
*Since her departure from “The Young and the Restless” in 2007, Victoria Rowell has been pretty vocal about her belief that the show lacks racial diversity – both in front of and behind the camera....
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Civil Rights Leaders to Meet With Airbnb Over Racial Discrimination Problem
*The hashtag #AirbnbWhileBlack is not going away. In fact, more and more people are using it to describe personal accounts of racism on the popular home-sharing service – so much so, that reps from...
View ArticleUrban League’s State of Black America Report Highlights the Urgency of...
*NEW YORK – The COVID-19 pandemic not only unmasked the stark racial inequities in the nation’s economic, health care and public safety status quo; it gave rise to a fierce resistance to that status...
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