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2006 Press Releases

Dec 06 National Urban League Calls Upon Congress, President to 'Free DC Now,' Enact Bipartisan DC Voting Rights Act (H.R. 5388) this Week

Dec 01 Urban League Calls on U.S. Justice Department to Investigate Reports of Witness Intimidation, Questionable Tactics By Police in Sean Bell Shooting Case

Nov 13 National Urban League Whitney M. Young Center to Hold Leadership Conference In Orlando, Florida from November 15-19

Nov 09 National Urban League Mourns the Passing of Broadcast Journalist Ed Bradley

Nov 08 National Urban League Raises $1.7M at 50th Anniversary Equal Opportunity Day Awards Dinner

Oct 25 National Urban League Policy Institute Issues Report Outlining Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, Diffuses Affirmative Action Myths

Oct 23 National Urban League to Honor U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao at 50th Anniversary Equal Opportunity Day Awards Dinner

Oct 17 National Urban League and Nationwide Create Agent Recruiting Program Initiative to Help Expand Candidate Pool of Diverse Agents

Oct 16 National Urban League Launches Public Information Campaign to Raise Awareness of Economic Empowerment for African Americans

Oct 12 National Urban League Files Amicus Brief with Nation's High Court in Support of School Assignment Programs in Seattle and Louisville

Sep 20 National Urban League Urges U.S. Senate to Defeat House-Passed Voter ID Bill

Sep 19 National Urban League Policy Institute Executive Director to Moderate Panel on U.S. Congress.

Sep 19 U.S. Education Department, National Urban League Team Up to Educate Columbus Families About Free Tutoring Services

Sep 13 National Urban League Urges U.S. House to Oppose National Voter ID Legislation

Sep 11 9/11 Continues to Serve as a Lesson for All Americans 5 Years Later

Aug 24 National Urban League President Calls Upon Political Parties to Hold 2008 Conventions In Storm-Torn New Orleans

Aug 24 Recovery Less Than Impressive One Year After Katrina, Urban League Report Shows

Aug 08 National Urban League 2006 Annual Conference in Atlanta Breaks Attendance Record

Jul 29 National Urban League 2006 Annual Conference to Feature Family Session Prayer Breakfast on Saturday July 29 at Georgia World Congress Center - Media Advisory

Jul 28 3rd Plenary Session at National Urban League 2006 Annual Conference to Feature Discussion On Rebuilding the Gulf Coast - Media Advisory

Jul 28 National Urban League 2006 Annual Conference to Feature Town Hall Meeting Regarding The State of Black Males - Media Advisory

Jul 28 TV Personality/Attorney Star Jones Reynolds to Deliver Keynote at Guild Leadership Luncheon. At 2006 National Urban League Annual Conference in Atlanta, Ga. - Media Advisory

Jul 28 National Urban League President Calls on Congress to Consider Stand-Alone Bill Raising Minimum Wage

Jul 28 National Urban League, Chrysler Financial Team Up to Improve Youth Financial Education

Jul 28 New York City NULITES Students Win Young Entrepreneurs Awards in Microsoft IT Challenge

Jul 27 First Plenary Session of National Urban League's 2006 Annual Conference to Feature Major City Mayors Discussing Urban Renewal - Media Advisory

Jul 27 National Urban League 2006 Annual Conference's 2nd Plenary Session to Focus on Wealth-Building Strategies - Media Advisory

Jul 27 National Urban League's NULITES Leadership Summit to Feature IT Business Development Contest, Tobacco-Free Health Rally During Annual Conference Week in Atlanta, Ga. - Media Advisory

Jul 26 National Urban League President Kicks Off 2006 Annual Conference with Keynote Address at Ebenezer Baptist Church

Jul 25 National Urban League President to Attend Signing of Voting Rights Act Reauthorization At White House Ceremony

Jul 20 National Urban League President Praises U.S. SENATE's Overwhelming Passage of Voting Rights Act Reauthorization

Jul 19 National Urban League President Lauds Senate Judiciary Committee's Unanimous Approval of Voting Rights Act Reauthorization

Jul 19 Time Warner President to Address National Urban League 2006 Annual Conference in Atlanta, Ga.

Jul 19 Whitney M. Young, Jr. Awards Gala to Close Out 2006 National Urban League Conference in Atlanta, Ga.

Jul 14 Soul Divas Angie Stone, Gladys Knight To Headline Annual Benefit Concert at National Urban League 2006 Annual Conference in Atlanta

Jul 14 3rd Annual Women of Power Awards Luncheon to Honor Outstanding Women Leaders at National Urban League 2006 Annual Conference in Atlanta

Jul 13 National Urban League President Praises U.S. House's Overwhelming Passage of Voting Rights Act Reauthorization

Jul 11 Civil Rights Groups to Hold Vigil July 12 on Capitol Hill to Urge Quick Passage of Voting Rights Act Reauthorization

Jul 10 National Urban League President to Start Annual Conference With Wreath-Laying Ceremony at King Center, Keynote Address at Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church

Jul 03 National Urban League, Black Leadership Forum, NAACP Legal Defense Fund Urge Congressional Leaders to Get Voting Rights Act Renewal Back on Track

Jun 28 Prominent African-American Business Leaders to Be Honored at 2006 Annual National Urban League Conference in Atlanta

Jun 28 YOUNG PROFESSIONALS HOST 2ND ANNUAL INFLUENCER SUMMIT As Part of the National Urban League Annual Conference: Building Economic Power for Black America

Jun 26 National Urban League 2006 Annual Conference to Feature Free Empowerment Exhibit Zone Devoted to Employment, Homeownership, Technology, Health and Franchising

Jun 24 Thousands of National Urban League Young Professionals to Join With Citigroup to Volunteer in Third Annual

Jun 21 National Urban League President Urges the House to

Jun 13 Houston Urban League, National Urban League and Homeownership Preservation Foundation Join Forces to Help Homeowners Facing Foreclosure

May 30 Registration Opens for 2006 National Urban League Conference to Convene July 26-July 29

May 23 National Urban League President Marc Morial Calls For Immediate Inspection of Nation's Flood Control Systems To Avert Katrina Repeat

May 17 The 37th Annual Black Executive Exchange Program (BEEP) Conference Convenes in Orlando, Florida

May 10 National Urban League and Homeownership Preservation Foundation Join Forces to Help Homeowners Facing Foreclosure

May 02 National Urban League Strongly Endorses the Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006

Apr 27 National Urban League President Marc Morial Demands that Secretary Michael Chertoff Rescind Order and Keep Promise Not to Kick Out Katrina Evacuees

Apr 19 National Urban League Annual Conference To Convene In St. Louis In 2007

Apr 17 National Urban League Annual Conference to Convene in St. Louis In 2007 - Media Advisory

Apr 10 Mrs. Laura Bush and U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announce $20 Million Grant to the National Urban League to Expand Job Training and Educational Assistance to At-Risk Youth

Apr 07 Mrs. Laura Bush and Department of Labor Secretary Elaine Chao Announces Major Jobs Program with National Urban League

Mar 27 State of Black America Report 2006 Reveals Economic Status for African Americans is Getting Worse

Mar 24 National Urban League Unveils The State of Black America 2006 Report

Mar 14 Jacksonville Urban League to Launch New Economic Empowerment Center

Mar 09 Urban League of Greater Cincinnati Launches Economic Empowerment Center

Feb 24 National Urban League President Serves as Panelist at Tavis Smiley's 'State of the Black Union' Symposium Feb. 25, 2006 in Houston

Feb 10 National Urban League President Marc Morial to Speak at National Press Club Luncheon On February 14, 2006

Feb 09 Civil Rights Leaders Meet with Attorney General Gonzales on Civil Rights Issues of Importance to All Americans

Feb 02 Congress Enacts Cruel Budget Bill and Places Our Most Vulnerable Citizens at Risk

Jan 31 National Urban League Mourns the Loss of Coretta Scott King

Jan 30 National Urban League Commends Filibuster Effort; Calls on the Senate to Reject the Nomination of Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court

Jan 26 National Urban League, NAACP and NAACP Legal Defense Fund Demand Alito Filibuster

Jan 23 Read NULPI Legislative Bullientant

Jan 11 National Urban League Says Rebuild New Orleans' Plan Violates Katrina Victims' Right to Return

Jan 07 National Urban League President and Ceo Marc Morial Questions in Rebuild New Orleans ULI Plan

Jan 05 National Urban League Empowerment Fund Assists Lake Charles Nissan Dealer