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The Next Attorney General Must Enforce Civil Rights Laws. William Barr Won’t.

Marc Morial - January 17, 2019

Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “The responsibility of the attorney general is to change things and bring us closer to the ideals expressed...

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Early Voting and Expanded Absentee Voting are Key to Fair Elections

Marc Morial - December 1, 2018

“Georgia elections officials deployed a known strategy of voter suppression: closing and relocating polling places. Despite projections of record turnout, elections officials closed or...

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Conference 2018: The Urban League Movement is Ready to Save Our Cities and Power the Digital Revolution

Marc Morial - July 26, 2018

"Thank you for fighting for long-overdue reforms to the justice system. Thank you for helping people get good jobs and better education. Thank you...

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The Passing of Civil Rights Legend John Mack is a Deeply-Felt Loss to the Urban League Movement

Marc Morial - July 14, 2018

“John understood that to truly change hearts and minds in the LAPD, he had to go to work on the inside. And because he...

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Supreme Court Appointment Must Not Be Made Under a Cloud of Distrust

Marc Morial - July 8, 2018

“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed,...

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Advice to Graduates: Pursue a PhD in Common Sense

Marc Morial - June 9, 2018

“Education must not simply teach work. It must teach life.” – W.E.B. DuBois This time of year brings great pride and congratulations for graduates at...

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Black Entertainment Trailblazer: The Legacy of Debra Lee

Marc Morial - May 31, 2018

“If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” — Shirley Chisholm, African-American Politician & Activist, November 30, 1924...

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Black Panther is the Superhero – and Heroines – We Deserve

Marc Morial - February 22, 2018

“The film serves as a breath of fresh intellectual air, especially amid today’s sociopolitical climate. It is the power of representation in its best...

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