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War on Progress: The New Threat to America's Future

Welcome, Urban Leaguers, to our 104th National Urban League Annual Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio!

I want to thank Mayor John Cranley and the people of this city for greeting us with open arms. Eleven years ago, we made a principled decision to pull our Annual Conference out of Cincinnati due to significant issues with police and community relations. But we made a decision to return this year largely because of the persuasive efforts of Donna Jones Baker, CEO of the Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio, and immediate past mayor Mark Mallory.

National Urban League Supports FCC Efforts to Expand Diversity and Inclusion

National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial issued the following statement on today's Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision to expand diversity and inclusion by opening a Notice for Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the Designated Entity (DE) program (*note: Designated Entities, or DEs, are small businesses, rural telephone companies, and businesses owned by members of minority groups and women):

National Urban League Looks Back Fifty Years After Civil Rights Act

Fifty years ago this month, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law, making discrimination illegal. The National Urban League was one of the key organizations on hand when the president signed the bill into law. NY1’s Cheryl Wills visits its national headquarters in Manhattan with a look back.

House of Representatives Passes Bi-Partisan Workforce Bill Including Crucial Components of Urban Jobs Act

National Urban League Statement on Passage of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)

National Urban League President and CEO, Marc H. Morial, today issued the following statement on the passage in the House of Representatives the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), the pre-eminent job training legislation, by an overwhelming vote of 415 to 6.

Statement Regarding the Sentencing of Ray Nagin

Marc H. Morial, President & CEO of the National Urban League and former mayor of New Orleans (1994-2002), issued the following statement regarding the sentencing of Ray Nagin:

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