OPEN LETTER TO GOP LEGISLATORS AND GOVERNOR BRIAN KEMP COALITION OF BLACK LEADERS CALLS FOR WIDESPREAD CONDEMNATION OF GEORGIA’S NEW VOTER SUPPRESSION LAW We see through you, Georgia GOP and Governor Brian Kemp. Most of the nation does, too. We are angered by your misrepresentation of your motive for changing election rules. We see your …
Statement from Nancy Flake Johnson on the shooting deaths in the Atlanta region Even as our nation tries to ease the pain of the health and economic disasters of the Covid-19 pandemic, we are forced once again to face our pandemic of gun violence and hatred. In the span of one week, we find ourselves …
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Vernon Jordan, a native Atlantan, civil rights giant and past president of the National Urban League, has passed away. One of the most influential civil rights leaders of our time, Mr. Jordan died at age 85 on March 1, 2021. The loss is personal to me. As president of the National Urban League from 1971 …
We’re part of a broader, National Urban League network of 98 historic civil rights organizations throughout the United States—all dedicated to fostering economic empowerment in order to elevate the standard of living in historically underserved urban communities. The Urban League does not discriminate based on race or ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation.
