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Topic - National Urban League

The National Urban League (NUL), formerly known as the National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes, is a nonpartisan civil rights organization based in New York City that advocates on behalf of African Americans and against racial discrimination in the United States. It is the oldest and largest community-based organization of its kind in the nation. Its current President is Marc Morial. - Source: Wikipedia

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  • Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, second from left, hosts a Conference on the Future of Housing Finance, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010, at the Treasury Department in Washington. From left are, National Urban League President and CEO Marc Morial, Geithner, Ingrid Gould Ellen of New York University, and Alex Pollock of the American Enterprise Institute. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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