Michael F. Neidorff
Board Chairman of the National Urban League,
Chairman, President and CEO of
Centene Corporation
As chairman of the National Urban League Board of Trustees, the board and I are pleased to present to you to the 2017 edition of the State of Black America®. This year’s theme is “Protect Our Progress.”
Economic indicators and experts agree that our country continues to make progress since the Great Recession. But for many African Americans, and others in urban and low-income communities, wide gaps of inequality in income, housing, and education remain.