Urban League Movement

Ray B. Shackelford Elected as 10th National President of National Urban League Young Professionals

Jeffrey L. Boney, NNPA Newswire ContributorSeptember 12, 2019

“Just like I didn’t get here on my own, moving forward the same will be true,” said Shackelford. “In the coming months my team and I look forward to meeting with the members across the country and hearing their ideas of how we can work together to advance the movement. It will take all of us to create the impact that we want to see, and our communities desperately need.”

Marc Morial Opinion

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

Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban LeagueJanuary 30, 2019

As the nation’s top law enforcement officer and leader of the U.S. Department of Justice, the Attorney General is responsible for safeguarding our civil and constitutional rights. In light of this Administration’s relentless attacks on the enforcement of our civil rights laws, our nation desperately needs and deserves an Attorney General who is committed to that mission and to our country’s ongoing progress toward equal justice and racial equality.

Marc Morial Opinion

Deep South States Take a Long-Overdue Step out of the Jim Crow Past

Marc Morial November 15, 2018

The Urban League Movement congratulates two states in the Deep South that took a step out of the dark Jim Crow past by passing major criminal justice reforms on Election Day.

Marc Morial Opinion

Breaking the Gubernatorial Glass Ceiling

Marc H. Morial, President and CEO National Urban LeagueSeptember 14, 2018

In the 240-year history of the United States, four African American men have presided as the chief executive of a state or commonwealth. Only two were elected in their own right – Deval Patrick of Massachusetts, in 2006, and Douglas Wilder of Virginia, in 1989. David Paterson of New York was elevated to the office upon the resignation of Eliot Spitzer in 2008