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Black America Is Just 72 Percent Equal To White America. In Some Areas, The Inequality Is Worse Than That.
By Nick Wing & Alissa Scheller A report released last week holds troubling findings about lasting inequality across the African-American community.The 2015 “State of Black America” study, conducted by the National Urban League, finds that black Americans fare worse than … Continue reading
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March on Washington List of Demands: 2013 Goals Mirror Those Set in 1963
By Janell Ross Listen to talk radio, peruse the front page of the nation’s major news sites and covers of the big magazines this week, and the 1963 March on Washington occupies a lot of real estate. There are the … Continue reading
How Black Churches Helped Fuel ‘The Butler’s’ Big Weekend
By C. Molly Smith The Weinstein Co. appealed heavily to the black faith-based community in promoting Lee Daniels’ The Butler, a strategy that appears to be paying off. Over the weekend, Daniels’ historical drama debuted to a stellar $25 million, … Continue reading
Last Week in Poverty: The Unfinished March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
By Greag Kaufmann “[African-Americans] must march from the rat-infested, overcrowded ghettos to decent, wholesome, unrestricted residential areas disbursed throughout our cities…. They must march from the play areas in crowded and unsafe streets to the newly opened areas in the … Continue reading
Urban Institute Updates 1965 Moynihan Report on Black Poverty
The National Urban League Wire Nearly five decades ago, Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s 1965 report for the U.S. Department of Labor, The Negro Family: The Case for National Action, provoked a firestorm of debate in its probing of the roots of … Continue reading
Urban League at 100: Pledging to put black America back to work
This initiative by the National Urban League will not just help black America but all of America. I took the I am empowered pledge a month or so ago. I urge everyone to take the pledge also. Urban League at … Continue reading
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Unfinished Business: 50 Years After the Civil Rights Act of 1964
#104209228 / gettyimages.com By Marc H. Morial “The purpose of the law is simple…those who are equal before God shall now also be equal in the polling booths, in the classrooms, in the factories, and in hotels, restaurants, movie theaters, … Continue reading →