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National Urban League Annual Conference Centennial Celebration "State of Black America" Washington, DC JULY 28, 2010
National Urban League Annual Conference Centennial Celebration "State of Black America" Washington, DC JULY 28, 2010
National Urban League Annual Conference Centennial Celebration "State of Black America" Washington, DC JULY 28, 2010
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
WASHINGTON, DC
JULY 28, 2010
OPPORTUNITY IN AMERICA.
YORK JUST OVER ONE YEAR. YET YOU URBAN LEAGUERS TOOK
US.”
APPROXIMATELY 10,500.
CAROLINA = 547.
FROM 3000 TO 20,000. MUCH THE SAME STORY CAN BE TOLD FOR
YEARS.
TIMES –
CURRENT RECESSION.
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1980 CENSUS AND YOU FIND THAT THERE WERE THREE TIMES AS
AMERICA.
IF WE WERE THE ONLY ONES WHO DID. WHEN THIS NATION WAS
HELPED AMERICA CLOSE THE GAP BETWEEN ITS BELIEFS AND ITS
PRACTICES.
VALUES.
CENTURY?
CLEVELAND’S WORDS:
AMERICAN DREAM.
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POVERTY IN AMERICA.
CAN SUCCEED.
THEIR PARENTS WERE DENIED, THAT THEY DID NOT GET THERE
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THEIR SHOULDERS.
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY;
TO OCEAN. WE, TOO, SING “GOD BLESS AMERICA”; WE, TOO, SING:
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AFGHANISTAN.
AND FULFILLMENT.
THERE? AND THE URBAN LEAGUE FOR THE NEXT CENTURY MUST
PHYSICIAN THERE!
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