The National Urban League Combats Unemployment in New Orleans with its Jobs Rebuild America Campaign

- A 50-city, $100 Million Public-Private-Nonprofit Partnership Effort to Put America Back to Work -

Statement from Marc H. Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League, on the passing of Congressman Bill Gray:

The National Urban League mourns the passing and celebrates the life of leader, statesman and champion for social justice - Representative Bill Gray.
    

Supreme Court Ruling On Shelby Erases 50 Years of Progress on Voting Rights

What the Supreme Court Decided: 

In a 5-to-4 decision announced today, the Supreme Court held that the formula used in Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act to determine which states must receive preclearance for voting law changes was unconstitutional.  This   With this decision, the Court effectively turns back the clock and erases the voting protections guaranteed in the Constitution.  
 

Marc H. Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League, comments on this week's Supreme Court Civil Rights Decisions:

As we near the 50 year celebration of the height of the Civil Rights Movement, the Supreme Court ruled on two significant civil rights cases this week - today on Shelby County v. Holder re: the Voting Rights Act and yesterday on Fisher v. University of Texas re: affirmative action.

Statement from Marc H. Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League, regarding the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin:

"As we anticipate the impending decision of the United States Supreme Court in the case of Fisher v.

The National Urban League Launches Comprehensive "Jobs Rebuild America" Campaign to Combat Unemployment

- $100 Million Public-Private-Nonprofit Partnership Effort Aimed at Putting America Back to Work -
- Two-Prong Initiative Focuses on Community Investments and Grassroots Legislative Advocacy -
 

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Jobs Rebuild America Launches in Cleveland, OH

Urban Empowerment Fund

In May 2013, the National Urban League, the nation's largest historic civil rights and urban advocacy organization, launched its first subsidiary in its