“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.

The 2015 National Urban League Equality Index highlights milestones in many areas including employment and education. But the report also shows that despite those gains, racial disparities still remain a part of everyday life in America. A discussion with Marc Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League.

Morial stated, “Black America remains in a recession and remains in crisis when it comes to jobs and the economy.”

The poorest median white household in the U.S. still makes two times more than the poorest median black household.

This statistic was discovered by the National Urban League, a civil rights organization based in New York City. For the last 40 years, the organization has published a report titled "The State of Black America." It measures the level of equality black and Latino people have in comparison to white people in the U.S.

HARI SREENIVASAN: But, first, the National Urban League has released the 40th edition of its annual State of Black America Report. It’s designed to provide a snapshot of where African-Americans are relative to whites.

According to the most recent report’s calculations, across multiple facets of life, African-Americans experience equality at a rate of 72 percent, compared to white Americans, who score 100 percent.

Here to explain is Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League.

African-Americans are better off today than they were 40 years ago, but still lag behind in education, health, social justice, and civic engagement.

The State of Black America report is out, and it appears that African-Americans are doing about the same as they have in previous years as the nation rises out of the Great Recession.