Overview

• The National Urban League released its State of Black America report on July 17 and declared a civil rights emergency in response to sweeping rollbacks of diversity, equity and inclusion programs under President Trump.
• The report accuses a coordinated multiyear conservative agenda, anchored by Project 2025, of downsizing federal agencies and threatening antidiscrimination precedents.
• It condemns major corporations, universities and social media platforms for reversing diversity, equity and inclusion policies and enabling censorship of Black activists and extremist content.
• White House spokesman Harrison Fields called the declarations divisive; the Justice Department’s civil rights division said it would enforce civil rights laws fairly and without political agenda.
• Civil rights organizations and Democratic lawmakers have mobilized new lawsuits and public campaigns to contest the administration’s civil rights rollbacks.