WATCH: Children of civil rights leaders share about significance of the National Urban League's new national headquarters in Harlem

The brand new National Urban League site on Harlem's iconic 125th Street includes a museum dedicated to the experiences of Black Americans in the North, the first HBCU branch in New York City, and affordable housing. BNV contributor Allison J. Davis was there for the ribbon cutting, and spoke with the children of those whose work made it happen.

Vickee Jordan Adams, the daughter of late President Bill Clinton advisor and National Urban League President Vernon Jordan, studies memorabilia connected to her father at the opening of the organization's new headquarters in Harlem, New York, on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. Photo credit: Allison J. Davis, Black News & Views

PERSPECTIVE: Marshawn Kneeland tragedy leaves waves of despair

Late Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland during a game against the New York Giants in Arlington, Texas, on Nov. 28, 2024. Photo credit: Jerome Miron, The Associated Press

People who knew Marshawn Kneeland are wondering how they might have helped the Dallas Cowboys defensive end, who ended his life on Thursday, Nov. 6, writes Jarrett Bell of BNV partner USA Today.

NFL athlete Ron Dayne in 2006, when he played with the Houston Texans. Photo credit: Keith JJ

SPORTS HISTORY IN BLACK:

Ron Dayne triumphs over naysayers

On Nov. 13, 1999, Ron Dayne, then of the Wisconsin Badgers, entered the record books, contributor Mike Patton reports in the latest installment of Sports History in Black.

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