National Urban League
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The National Urban League (NUL), formerly known as the National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes, is a nonpartisan civil rights organization based in New York City that advocates on behalf of African Americans and against racial discrimination in the United States. It is the oldest and largest community-based organization of its kind in the nation. Its current President is Marc Morial.The Committee on Urban Conditions Among Negroes was founded in New York City on September 29, 1910 by Ruth Standish Baldwin and Dr. George Edmund Haynes, among others. It merged with the Committee for the Improvement of Industrial Conditions Among Negroes in New York (founded in New York in 1906) and the National League for the Protection of Colored Women (founded in 1905), and was renamed the National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes.In 1918, Eugene K.
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Media Decoder Blog: Get-Out-the-Vote Ad Campaign Focuses on Protecting the Right to Vote
The National Urban League campaign, which includes a range of celebrities, is more than a typical "be sure to vote in November" pitch.
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Get-Out-the-Vote Ad Campaign Focuses on Protecting the Right to Vote
The National Urban League campaign, which includes a range of celebrities, is more than a typical "be sure to vote in November" pitch.
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NPR, University of New Orleans announce new nonprofit news organization, NewOrleansReporter.org
The Wall Street Journal | The Times-Picayune | Gambit Cameron McWhirter and Keach Hagey report in The Wall Street Journal that NPR and the University of New Orleans will announce Friday the launch of a nonprofit news organization called.
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The James M. Cox, Jr. Foundation Celebrates Black History Month With $50,000 Gift to Urban League of Greater Atlanta
ATLANTA, Feb. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --In celebration of National Black History Month, Cox Enterprises announced today a $50,000 gift to the Urban League of Greater Atlanta from The James M. Cox, Jr. Foundation. The gift supports the Urban League of Greater Atlanta's Family. . .
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Rev. Al Sharpton Might Sue NYPD Over Allegations It Spied On Him
A day after a Huffington Post blogger and NYPD gadfly Len Levitt wrote a post alleging that the New York City Police Department planted spies inside the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network headquarters in Harlem, Sharpton has threatened to sue the city.
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David Tereshchuk: Post-Holiday Persuasion to Get Us Giving
The 'giving' part of Thanksgiving is, inevitably, what the charity industry's media experts focus on every November. Outsiders are sometimes astonished to learn that it's some 40% of all charitable giving that happens at the end of the year.
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Former Cap Cities/ABC Exec Dan Burke Dies at 82
Daniel B. Burke, one of the prime movers behind Capital Cities’ $3. 5 billion acquisition of ABC in 1986, died Wednesday at his home in Rye, N. Y. He was 82.
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Former Cap Cities/ABC President & CEO Dan Burke Dies at 82
Daniel B. Burke, one of the prime movers behind Capital Cities’ $3. 5 billion acquisition of ABC in 1986, died Wednesday at his home in Rye, N. Y. He was 82.
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Don’t Delete This Cookie [with video]
Here’s one cookie you don’t want to delete. Sesame Street’s Cookie Monster is the star of an educational spot about how and why to set parental controls on game consoles that can be found on GetGameSmart. com.
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AT&T Is Buying Off Everyone From Gay Groups To Teachers To Support Its T-Mobile Merger
Several liberal advocacy groups with no clear stake in the proposed merger between AT&T and T-Mobile have come out in favor of the deal after receiving tens of thousands of dollars of donations from the companies in recent years.
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