CITING IMPACT ON COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE URGES ACTION ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM LEGISLATION
NEW YORK (December 11, 2018) -- Citing criminal justice reform as “critical to families and communities of color,” the National Urban League urged Congressional leaders to pass the First Step Act.
Urban League Leaders Morial & Rice, U.S. Representative Meeks, Urge Amazon to Commit to Diversity & Inclusion Pack for New York Headquarters
NEW YORK (December 1, 2018) — National Urban League President Marc H. Morial issues the following statement on the death of President George H. W. Bush:
“The Urban League Movement offers its deepest condolences to the family of President George H. W. Bush and joins the nation in mourning his storied life.
NEW YORK (November 13, 2018) -- National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s plan to propose a ban on menthol cigarettes:
“The destructive impact of menthol cigarettes on the African-American community is clear. African Americans smoke menthol cigarettes at higher rates, quit smoking at lower rates and have far higher death rates from smoking-related illnesses, including lung cancer, than the population as a whole.
NEW ORLEANS – National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial and Judy Reese Morse, President and CEO of the Urban League of Louisiana today denounce Louisiana’s unjust and discriminatory jury law and urge Louisianans to vote yes on the upcoming ballot question to bring the state in line with most of the rest of the country.
“The law was a blatantly racist attempt to deny Black citizens a voice in the justice system and 120 years later it is no less discriminatory,” Morial said. “It a blight on this great state, and it’s time to renounce everything it represents.”
