The Bay State branch of the national economic and civil rights advocacy group acted to counter the challenges, urging the Massachusetts delegation in Congress to support federal anti-lynching laws while firmly pushing open the door of hiring opportunities for black men and women throughout Greater Boston.
We know Main Streets in black communities are going to have tumbleweeds rolling down the sidewalks,” added Feaster, an attorney and former Boston NAACP president, who has served as ULEM chairman the last five years.
Keith Motley, former chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Boston and the acting president of the local Urban League branch, said a revived and reinvigorated Urban League is essential to addressing the current crisis.
Business Leadership Award; and Boston City Council President Kim Janey, Boston NAACP Branch President Tanisha Sullivan and Nia Grace, executive director of the Boston Black Hospitality Coalition, recipients of the Joan Wallace-Benjamin Leadership Award.
The National Urban League will continue “to use its bully pulpit to push Congress and the White House to provide the support black businesses and small businesses everywhere need to survive,” said Feaster.
