National Urban League President & CEO Marc Morial discusses with web series host Jeff Johnson the State of Black America as it relates to the War on Poverty. Launched 50 years ago by President Johnson, how far have we really come, what issues are we facing today, and what can be done?

Rhonda Spears BellZuhirah Khaldun-DiarraPamela Rucker Springs

Kristian BuchananSimone JordanBeatriz Mota

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The 2013 State of Black America Web Series, sponsored by AT&T, is an eight-part series featuring lively discussion with the nation's top leaders, political pundits, corporate executives and SOBA authors around the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington. This episode features Laura Murphy (Director, Washington Legislative Office, ACLU), Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr. (CEO, Hip Hop Caucus), and Chanelle Hardy, (SVP, Executive Director of the National Urban League, Washington Bureau).