Tag: National Urban League

COVID-19

National Urban League Calls for Post-COVID Racial Equity in Latest Report

While many talk of wanting a return to normal after COVID-19, the National Urban League (NUL), a national civil rights organization, is advocating for a “new normal,” one that is more inclusive and equitable than before coronavirus.

July 20, 2021

Opinion

Broadband: Bringing Our Children Out of the Cold

The digital divide was already a national emergency; the pandemic just brought this disaster in living color to every home in America.

March 10, 2021

African-American

Howard University Names Law School Library After Alum and Civil Rights Advocate Vernon Jordan

Howard University has named its Law School library after civil rights advocate, author and Howard alum, Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. The library will be known as the Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., Esq. Law Library. Jordan was an adviser to several U.S. presidents, including Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. He died […]

March 8, 2021

News Roundup

Civil Rights Leader Vernon Jordan Dead at 85

Vernon Jordan, a prominent civil rights leader and champion for historically Black colleges and universities, died on Monday evening. He was 85. A political powerbroker, Jordan was close friends with President Bill Clinton, but was also friendly with political leaders from both parties, including George W. Bush. He earned his law degree from Howard University […]

March 2, 2021

Home

Urban League Annual Report Addresses Voting Rights, Suppression

Eliminating the Electoral College and broadening voter-registration opportunities are among numerous policy changes recommended by the National Urban League in its 2019 “State of Black America” report, an annual document that this year focuses on protecting voting rights.

May 7, 2019

News Roundup

Marc H. Morial to Give Grambling Commencement Keynote Address

Marc H. Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League and president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, will be the keynote speaker at the Grambling State University commencement at the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center. Morial is well known for his work as former mayor of New Orleans, a tenure that included developing […]

May 6, 2019

News Roundup

Facebook To Teach Small-Business Owners Social Media Marketing

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg announced on Wednesday the company is partnering with the National Urban League to bring training programs to many popular cities to teach small-business owners how to market their businesses on social media. Beginning in 2019, the social media company will host biannual training sessions at Urban League facilities, free of cost. […]

August 2, 2018

Students

National Urban League Annual Report Highlights STEM Gap, Student Debt

A persistent science and technology gap between White and non-White students and crippling student debt are two key education issues addressed in the National Urban League’s 2018 “State of Black America” annual report.

May 14, 2018

Students

NUL: Higher Ed Act Renewal Must Address Barriers to Underserved Students

As Congress prepares for reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965, the National Urban League says issues of access, affordability, completion and accountability for underrepresented students should be addressed.

April 2, 2018

HBCUs

Urban League’s Morial: Educational Equity Essential to Economic Empowerment

Marc H. Morial, former mayor of New Orleans and current president and CEO of the National Urban League (NUL), sees proactivity and collaboration as a way to create a movement and drive social change, particularly toward equity in education.

February 28, 2018

Health

Obscure Report Documents Racial Health Inequalities

In my previous post, I shared the story of my discovery of the now-defunct National Negro Health Week (NNHW) and Booker T. Washington’s role in establishing it. I would paraphrase their major message as, “If health is the doorway to the future of the race, education is the key.”

February 15, 2018

African-American

Urban League: Blacks Must Remain ‘Vigilant’ to Protect Gains

African-Americans must fight to protect the socioeconomic and political gains made under the Obama administration and vigorously oppose imminent threats from the Trump administration to turn back the clock, the leader of the National Urban League said.

May 2, 2017