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Urban League fights for rights of Katrina survivors
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Washington Afro-American
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March 17, 2006
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- Willis, Roderick C.
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Willis, Roderick C.
Washington Afro-American
03-17-2006
Marc Morial, president of CEO of the National Urban League, recently called
for the Hurricane Katrina Recovery, Reclamation, Restoration and Reunion
Act of 2005, introduced by members of the Congressional Black Caucus.
Within days after Hurricane Katrina's devastation, the organization
indicated the need for a Katrina Bill of Rights that guaranteed the right
of displaced survivors to recover, return, rebuild, work, and vote.
'We are gratified that HR 4197 includes many of the recommendations
contained in the Katrina Bill of Rights, including voting rights
guarantees, local resident hiring goals, and a victims restoration fund
modeled on the ...
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H, Marc;
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US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
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Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts
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September 15, 2005 ;
700 words
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Congressional Black Caucus Introduces Hurricane Katrina Relief Legislation...
PR Newswire;
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787 words
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406 words
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US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
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787 words
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459 words
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CBC chairman calls action by FEMA to end housing assistance to thousands...
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271 words
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October 6, 2005 ;
INDSTRY GROUP 99;
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787 words
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Post-9/11 effort cited in call to rebuild Gulf; 'Katrina Bill of Rights'...
The Washington Times;
October 13, 2005 ;
463 words
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Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta outlines fiscal...
M2 Presswire;
October 6, 2005 ;
787 words
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