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New policies in the U.S. threaten to unravel decades of progress for Black Americans, according to a National Urban League report released Thursday.

As the U.S. enters its 250th year, the National Urban League released its “State of Black America Report” with the goal of serving as a benchmark for evaluating racial equity.

Over the past eight months, Black men have lost more than 567,000 jobs across America.

National Urban League President Marc Morial is placing part of the blame on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

Morial said the job losses reflect what he described as a systemic rollback of civil rights enforcement under the Trump administration, combined with the EEOC’s failure to investigate workplace discrimination.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The American Dream may not be dead for many Black Americans, but it is further away than at any point since the Civil Rights Movement, warns a report by the National Urban League.

It’s finally here. Our 2025 State of Black America® Report highlights the rollback of civil rights and how we're fighting back. Watch Now

“Freedom is never really won. You earn it and win it in every generation.”
— Coretta Scott King
 
A war has been declared in this country. And the fight isn’t just for diversity, equity, and inclusion or for fair economic and criminal justice practices. It’s for the soul of America. It’s to determine which of us will have an opportunity not to prosper, but merely survive in a future clouded with uncertainty at every turn.
 

Sixty years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the National Urban League is checking in on the “State of Black America” — and they have plenty to say.

Here are some of the best and worst takeaways from the Urban League’s “State of Black America” report.

The National Urban League's Marc Morial joins Morning Joe to discuss the 2024 State of Black America report.

Black Americans have made significant advancements in the 60 years since the passage of the Civil Rights Act, but economic, educational and voting rights disparities persist, according to a report by the National Urban League on the State of Black America.

On a cold January night before the New Hampshire primary, Donald Trump traveled to Rochester, a city of blue-collar, culturally conservative voters who swung his way in 2016 and again in 2020. 

The National Urban League's 2024 "State of Black America" report highlights the ongoing struggle for equality. The report reveals a significant gap, with Black Americans scoring just under 76% towards achieving full equality with their white counterparts. Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League, joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss the findings.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Black Americans have endured considerable injustices and barriers to prosperity and equality throughout U.S. history. But their social, economic and political advances in the 60 years since the enactment of major civil rights legislation have been unsatisfactory, according to a new annual study on racial progress.

The National Urban League’s National Equality Index compares education, economics, health, social justice and civic engagement.