May 3, 2017
Dr. Silas Lee, who is the Executive Editor of the 2017 State of Black America, said the overview of the data report showed that 50 years after the Civil Rights Movement, data shows that African Americans have made progress, but progress has been interrupted. Photo Credit: National Urban League
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STATE OF BLACK AMERICA REPORT DEMANDS, ‘PROTECT OUR PROGRESS’
National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial discussed the 2017 State of Black America report, ‘Protect Our Progress,’ during a teleconference call April 25, 2017. Dr. Silas Lee, Executive Editor of the 2017 State of Black America and Economist Valerie Rawlston Wilson provided analysis for the Equality Index, the National Urban League’s mathematical calculation of African Americans’ and Hispanic Americans’ relative status in relation to white America.