marc morial, president morial. thank you. what did you think? [applause] ms.f mr. morial, we don't finish a revolution by just thinking about it, right? so there's a lot to digest and a lot to think about but i appreciated that behind the statistics there were a lot of real people and real stories and real solutions that were presented today. and to continue the solutions and the discussion, today we're also launching the state of black america web series. we had an incredible group of panelists. i was privileged to be able to moderate that panel and some of them are in the room today. we covered topics from confronting race and privilege, the state of black women, criminal justice reform, the state of black america at 40 and black votes matter. so we invite you to please visit stateofblackamerica.org and check out the web series and share it. i want to thank the sponsors. thank you so much to our partner, at&t. thank you to comcast for their production of the state of black america web series. interactive one and our gracious hosts here today at the newseum.

marc morial. let's welcome him to the stage. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you. ladies and gentlemen, good morning. i want to thank you for being here today and thank you to at&t as well as the museum for hosting us here today. of course i'm marc morial, president and ceo of the national urban league and urban league movement and as we've discussed this year is the 40th anniversary of the state of black america. it was introduced by the legendary vernon jordan who was the executive director of the league. he spent his entire childhood living under the segregation of jim crow era georgia. unable to imagine that one day, yes one day, a black man would be elected president of the united states. in his early years and as a young lawyer he was immersed in the struggle for civil rights. one of his very first cases was a successful challenge to the university of georgia's discriminatory admissions policies. the years of his tenure at the national urban league, the 1970s, were a period when the united states was coping with the repercussions of the sweeping changes of th

marc morial. let's welcome him to the stage. [applause] >> thank you. thank you.adies and gentlemen good morning to you that want to thank you for being here today and thank you to at&t as well as to the newseum for hosting this today. of course i am marc morial residency of the national urban leaguer and urban leaguer movement. as we have discussed this year is the 40th anniversary of the state of black america. it was introduced by the legendary vernon jordan who is the executive director of the national urban leaguer from 1971 to 1981. vernon jordan spent his entire childhood living under dehumanizing segregation of jim crow era georgia. unable to imagine that one day, yes one day a black man with the elected president of the united states. in his early years and as a young lawyer he was immersed in the struggle for civil rights. one of his first cases was a successful challenge to the university of georgia's discriminatory admissions policy. the years of vernon jordan's tenure at the national urban league in the 1970s for a period when the united states was co

here to explain is marc morial, president and c.e.o. of the national urban league. let's start with that 72% number. how do you get there? what does that mean in. >> what it means is if you compare things like unemployment, home ownership, high school graduation rates, college attainment rates, median income, african americans on average achieve 72% that of where whites are. these are collective numbers. we also do the same comparison for latinos. latinos are at about 77%. whites being, of course, higher. that's based on numbers, based on facts, based on clarity. we report this information every year. this is the 40th year we've done it. we not only report the information, but we also propose solutions. >> sreenivasan: one of the indicateors or one of the factors is income inequality, the gap there. one of the largest income disparities that you point out, at least between black and white families, is in the minneapolis metro area. the average household income for a black family there is just over one-third, 37.8% of the average household income for a white family.

marc morial, president morial. thank you. what did you think? [applause] in the words of mr.n by just thinking about it, right? so there's a lot to digest and a lot to think about but i appreciated that behind the statistics there were a lot of real people and real stories and real solutions that were presented today. and to continue the solutions and the discussion, today we're also launching the state of black america web series. we had an incredible group of panelists. i was privileged to be able to moderate that panel and some of them are in the room today. we covered topics from confronting race and privilege, the state of black women, criminal justice reform, the state of black america at 40 and black votes matter. so we invite you to please visit stateofblackamerica.org and check out the web series and share it. i want to thank the sponsors. thank you so much to our partner, at&t. thank you to comcast for their production of the state of black america web series. interactive one and our gracious hosts here today at the newseum. amizing time my first time here. the full

marc morial, president marc morial. thank you what did you think? [applause]. in the words of mr.hind the statistics there are real stories and solutions that were presented today. to continue the solutions and discussion, today we are also launching the state of black america web series. we had an incredible group of panelists. i was privileged to be able to moderate the panel and some of them are in the room today. we covered topics from confronting race and privilege the state of black women criminal justice reform, the state of black america at 40 and black votes matter. we invite you to please visit state of black america.org and check out the web series and share it. i want to thank the sponsors. thank you so much to our partner at&t, thank you to comcast for their production of the state of black america web series interactive one, and and our gracious host here today at the museum, it's an amazing building , my first time here. the full report state of them black america.orc involves thought-provoking essays from several authors and leaders in business, economics and socia

biden addressed the national urban league and is introduced by the group's president, marc morial. >> let me thank all of you for three tremendous days in the nation capital for engaging, walking, speaking, talking and pushing the very important agenda for the people we serve. did yourselves a warm round of applause. le there are many important people here in the audience, i would be remiss if i did not take knowledge the pres fromof the congresswoman the great state of ohio and the city of columbus. [applause] the former secretary of labor and now, senior vice chair of the national arbor league board of trustees -- national urban league board of trustees. chicago when we met in and we asked the vice president to come, the vice president came. in 2014, when we met in cincinnati and we asked the vice president to join us, the vice president came and joined us. i am proud this morning once again to welcome to the national urban league, the honorable joe biden. now, as i prepare the main street marshall plan, i share with you during the release of the 2015 state of black america on tuesd

host: that was marc morial. let's look at the economic figures, courtesy of the labor department, and the comparison over the last couple of years. the most recent unemployment rate, the total rate is 5%. for white americans, it's 4.3%. for african-americans, it's 8.8%. compare that to asians at about 3.8%, and hispanics just over 6%. as a comparison to what it was like back in april of 2009 with the unemployment rate at 8.9%. again, you can see for blacks, nearly double what it was for whites back in april of 2009. again, that courtesy of the labor department. many of you weighing in on facebook. you can do so with facebook.com/cspan. this is what some of your comments look like as we listen to anthony from hyattsville, maryland. good morning to you, sir. caller: good morning. good morning, everybody, on c-span. my comment is pretty much the same. it's a long-standing thing that's going on in this country since the emancipation. when blacks were freed. they were told to go on your own, but we're not going to he

over phone] >>> joining us now from washington the president ceo of the national urban league marc mori morialality with white american was represented 100%. right now african-americans have just over 72% equality. broken down by categories. black americans are far less equal in terms of economic opportunity, health, educational, and social justice. mr. mayor, it's good to see you. >> good morning. >> as you look at this report this year compared to years past. what is jumping out? >> since the recession, things have gotten better in the areas of health and if we look at a 40-year retrospect from the first year in 1976 we made progress in a number of areas. the economic disparities remain stagnant and seem to be locked into the system. this is why this year's report has a big solution. the main street marshall plan. we need an investment plan to invest in the main streets of america. we rebuilt baghdad, we bailed out the banks, put our money where our mouth is, it's time to put commitment and resources behind helping main street, which hasn't fully recovered, f. that's the main street of ameri

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