today in black history

May 22, 2012

The U.S. Department of War established the Bureau of the Colored Troops in 1863, an effort to help the Union Army in the Civil War.

Urban League hosts Census Forum

POSTED: February 04, 2012, 12:00 am

The National Urban League and the U.S. Census Bureau hosted a forum – Profile America Series: Black Population from Census 2010 - February 1, 2012 in the studios of Black Entertainment Television in Washington, DC. The forum featured a distinguished panel of policy experts, including Marc Morial, Chief Executive Officer and President, National Urban League, Robert Groves, Director, U.S. Census Bureau, Nicholas Jones, Chief, Racial Statistics Branch, U.S. Census Bureau, Julianne Malveaux, President, Bennett College, Roderick Harrison, Howard University Professor, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Odis Johnson Jr., Assistant Professor, African American Studies, Maryland Population Research Center, University of Maryland, and others.








Source: The National Urban League

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