NUL President and CEO Issues Statement Regarding Nominee for U.S. Attorney General

November 21, 2016

National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial today issued the following statement regarding the nominee for U.S. Attorney General: The National Urban League is deeply troubled by the nomination of Sen. Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III, who has called the Voting Rights Act “intrusive,” to serve as Attorney General of the United States. We expect the Senate Judiciary Committee will conduct a thorough and complete examination to determine if he is fit to serve as the nation’s chief enforcer of civil rights law. Click here to read full article.