Marc H. Morial
Writer at Freelance
Host at America's Black Forum
President & CEO of @NatUrbanLeague - nation's largest historic civil rights and urban advocacy organization. Former mayor of New Orleans
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1 week ago |
daytonatimes.com | Marc H. Morial
Fear and intimidation have long been used as weapons to subjugate and silence Black Americans. From the horrors of the Middle Passage to the brutality of Jim Crow segregation, the legacy of violence and racial terror in the United States has left deep scars on generations. National Urban League Board of Trustees Vice Chair Alexis Herman, who passed away last month at the age of 77, knew this history not from textbooks, but from personal experience.
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1 week ago |
stlamerican.com | Marc H. Morial
“All Americans are entitled to live with the confidence that the law enforcement officers and agencies in their communities will live up to our Nation’s founding ideals and will protect the rights of all persons.
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1 week ago |
blackstarnews.com | Marc H. Morial
By Marc Morial\National Urban LeaguePhotos: YouTube Screenshots“All Americans are entitled to live with the confidence that the law enforcement officers and agencies in their communities will live up to our Nation’s founding ideals and will protect the rights of all persons.
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2 weeks ago |
richmondfreepress.com | Marc H. Morial
“All Americans are entitled to live with the confidence that the law enforcement officers and agencies in their communities will live up to our Nation’s founding ideals and will protect the rights of all persons. Particularly in African-American communities, we must redouble our efforts as a Nation to swiftly address instances of misconduct.” — Presidential Executive Order on Safe Policing for Safe Communities, June 16, 2020
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2 weeks ago |
ourweekly.com | Marc H. Morial
None of us can forget the moment we saw the murder of George Floyd unfolding before our very eyes. The sight of a white officer’s knee squeezing the life from a helpless Black man in handcuff as he begged for mercy shocked the nation – a nation that had already seen police kill at least 17 other unarmed Black people just five months into the year. I know what I felt at the time, and I’m sure you know how you felt.
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