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April 15, 2022

By Editorial, Amsterdam News

Marc Morial, president & CEO of the National Urban League, expressed in the introduction to the organization’s report on the “State of Black America” an outlook that is consistent with what many African Americans believe, and we are certainly in accord.

He stated that “Since the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965, the United States has seen a steady rise in disenfranchisement practices giving one party an edge over the other. But never before has the nation seen such an insidious and coordinated campaign to obliterate the very principle of ‘one person, one vote’ from the political process.”

These invidious developments, Morial summarizes, are “a plot to destroy democracy.”

 

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April 14, 2022

By Michael Warren, AP News

ATLANTA (AP) — The National Urban League released its annual report on the State of Black America on Tuesday, and its findings are grim. This year’s Equality Index shows Black people still get only 73.9% of the American pie white people enjoy.

While Black people have made economic and health gains, they’ve slipped further behind white people in education, social justice and civic engagement since this index was launched in 2005. A compendium of average outcomes by race in many aspects of life, it shows just how hard it is for people of color to overcome systemic racism, the civil rights organization says.

“These numbers change so little and so slowly. What it tells me is that this institutional disparity based on race seems to be built into American society,” National Urban League President Marc Morial said in an interview.

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April 12, 2022

2022 STATE OF BLACK AMERICA, “UNDER SIEGE: THE PLOT TO DESTROY DEMOCRACY” OUTLINES THE COORDINATED CAMPAIGN TO DISMANTLE VOTING RIGHTS AND THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM

National Urban League Relaunches #ReclaimYourVote Campaign in Response
Report Includes the Semi-Annual Equality Index and the First “Pulse of Black America” Companion Poll

ATLANTA, GEORGIA (APRIL 12, 2022) – Factions of state and federal lawmakers, working in concert with shady political operatives and violent extremists, are dangerously close to dismantling American democracy and establishing autocratic rule.

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July 15, 2021

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN

(CNN)Higher unemployment rates, lower household incomes and lack of access to health care left Black Americans more vulnerable to the Covid-19 pandemic and there is an urgency to address these structural inequities, according to a new report on the state of Black America released Thursday by the National Urban League.

The report titled "The New Normal: Diverse, Equitable & Inclusive," concluded that Black people are facing the burden of "three pandemics," which include racial inequity in health care, economics and public safety.

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July 15, 2021

2021 STATE OF BLACK AMERICA, “THE NEW NORMAL; DIVERSE, EQUITABLE & INCLUSIVE” HIGHLIGHTS THE URGENCY OF REPAIRING STRUCTURAL FLAWS UNMASKED BY THE CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC

Ending The “Three Pandemics” Of Racial Inequity in Health Care, Economics and Public Safety Requires Innovation, Deliberation 

NEW YORK (July 15, 2021) – 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 quo and fueled  demand for racial justice that grows more intense with each passing month.

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July 15, 2021

 

CNBC’s “Squawk Box” team discusses the state of inequity amid the pandemic with Lisa Cooper of Johns Hopkins’ Center for Health Equity and Marc Morial, Urban League CEO.

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September 3, 2020

Cyril Josh Barker, Amsterdam News

The National Urban League has released its 2020 State of Black America report. This year’s report focuses on how the COVID-19 pandemic is pulling back the curtain on racism in America. The report was released virtually on Aug. 13 with speakers including, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, activist Tamika Mallory, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee and author Michael Eric Dyson.

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August 24, 2020

By Gabrielle Wanneh, US News

WHILE THE CORONAVIRUS pandemic has engulfed the nation in public health dangers and economic turmoil, Black Americans are facing particularly stark crises. In a sense, "Black America faces three pandemics" in the devastating health effects of COVID-19, significant economic distress, and issues related to policing and criminal justice, said Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League.

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August 14, 2020

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