In honor and celebration of Black History Month we invite you to check out our Top-Rated Black American and Civil Rights & Social Justice charities. Black History Month is an annual celebration of the achievements by Black Americans and a time to recognize their important role in U.S. history.
CharityWatch highlights three highly efficient and accountable Black American and Civil Rights & Social Justice charities.
National Urban League (National Office) works to enable African-American and other under-served urban residents to secure economic self-reliance, parity, power, and civil rights.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) works to maintain and advance civil liberties, including, without limitation, the freedoms of association, press, religion, and speech, and the rights to the franchise, to due process of law, and to equal protection of the laws for all people throughout the United States and its jurisdictions.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Foundation works to encourage, sponsor, and facilitate the cultivation & diffusion of knowledge & understanding of the various civil liberties & civil rights which are protected by the Constitution & laws of the U.S. or of the various states.
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