ladies and gentlemen, melanie campbell. [applause] melanie campbell: good afternoon, urban leaguers. good afternoon, urban leaguers. >> good afternoon. melanie campbell: i am always honored to join you and your president and ceo, my friend and brother from another mother mark. our freedom fighter for justice reverend al. this year i am so honored to have my mom here with me. mrs. janet campbell. and my big brother, isaac campbell jr. and my colleague tyson. if they would stop and stand? [applause] melanie campbell: lady in red. floridian and those who know me know i always talk about my home in florida. all ofwant to welcome you here to my home state of florida. urban leaguers, we are one week away from the 50th anniversary of the signing of the voting rights act. you heard reverend sharpton talk about. it was precipitated by bloody sunday in selma, alabama. it was signed into law by president johnson. congress later amended the act five times to expand its protections and has always done it in a bipartisan manner. two year

ladies and gentlemen, melanie campbell.[applause] melanie campbell: good afternoon, urban leaguers. good afternoon, urban leaguers. >> good afternoon. melanie campbell: i am always honored to join you and your president and ceo, my friend and brother from another mother mark. our freedom fighter for justice reverend al. this year i am so honored to have my mom here with me. mrs. janet campbell. and my big brother, isaac campbell jr. and my colleague tyson. if they would stop and stand? [applause] melanie campbell: lady in red. floridian and those who know me know i always talk about my home in florida. all ofwant to welcome you here to my home state of florida. urban leaguers, we are one week away from the 50th anniversary of the signing of the voting rights act. you heard reverend sharpton talk about. it was precipitated by bloody sunday in selma, alabama. it was signed into law by president johnson. congress later amended the act five times to expand its protections and has always done it in a bipartisan manner. two years

[applause] melanie campbell: young black women led the way in 2012. the black women's roundtable are organizing in partnership with

the hardest working leaders in the social justice and civil rights movement is none other than melanie campbellesident and ceo of the national coalition on black civic participation and the convener of the black womens roundtable. melanie is a great sister. she's got the unique ability to build powerful coalitions that bring diverse people together for the common good. and she's got more than 20-plus years of fighting for civil, youth and womens rights. she is a true friend. she is a partner. she's an advocate. she is a friend of the national urban league. ladies and gentlemen, melanie campbell. ♪ >> good afternoon urban leaguers. good afternoon urban leaguers! i'm always honored to join you and your president and ceo, my friend and brother from another mother marc morial. our freedom fighter for justice, reverend al. and this year i am so honored to have my mom, who is 86 years young, here with me. mrs. janet campbell, and my big brother, isaac campbell jr., and my colleague tonya tyson, if they would just stop and stand. [ applause ] lady in red. i'm a native floridian. and those who know me

the hardest working leaders in the social justice and civil rights movement is none other than melanie campbellresident and ceo of the national coalition on civic participation in the convener of the black women's roundtable. melanie is a great sister. she has got the unique ability to build powerful coalitions that ring diverse people together for the common good and she has got more than 20 plus years of fighting for civil youth and women's rights. she is a true friend. she is a partner. she is an advocate. she is a friend of the national urban league. ladies and gentlemen, melanie campbell. [applause] >> good afternoon urban leaguer's. good afternoon urban leaguer is. i am always honored to join you and your president and ceo, my friend and brother from another mother, marc morial. our freedom fighter for justice reverend al and this year i am so honored to have my mom who is 86 years young here with me. this is janet campbell and my big brother isaac campbell junior and my colleague tonya tyson. if they would just please stand. [applause] the lady in red. i am a native floridian and those w

ladies and gentlemen, melanie campbell. [applause] good afternoon. good afternoon urban league.s honored to join you and your president and ceo my friend and brother from another mother. our freedom fighter for justice, and this year i am so honored to have my mom who is 86 years young here with me today. isaac campbell junior and my colleague if they would stop and stand. [applause] lady in red. i'm a native floridian and i always talk about my great home in florida. so i also want to welcome all of you here to my home state in florida. urban league we are one week away from the 50th anniversary of the signing of the voting rights act. it was signed into law by president lyndon johnson on august 61965. congress later amended the act five times to expand its protection. it's always done it in a bipartisan manner. two years ago the u.s. supreme court gutted the mall in the name of so-called states rights by striking down section four of the nearly impossible for the u.s. justice department to do its job to protect our voting rights. last month a bipartisan group of lawmakers led