| I am Lateefah Simon, President of the Akonadi Foundation and an advocate for racial justice. I’m joined by Reuters journalists Travis Hartman and Joyce Adeluwoye-Adams. Ask us anything about the race gap in America. Posted: 17 Jul 2020 11:08 AM PDT EDIT: We are signing off! Thank you all for such great questions. Inequality between white and Black Americans persists in almost every aspect of society. The Reuters graphics team visualized the "race gap" in this interactive series and we're here to answer your questions about the series and about systemic racism in general. Here's who we have answering questions today, starting at 3 p.m. ET: - Lateefah Simon is a nationally recognized advocate for civil rights and racial justice, and the President of Akonadi Foundation, a grantmaker that supports powerful social change movements to eliminate structural racism in Oakland, California - Joyce Adeluwoye-Adams is the newsroom diversity editor at Reuters - Travis Hartman started his career working as a photojournalist and photo editor for newspapers and magazines. He pivoted to creating interactive graphics and just celebrated his five year anniversary at Reuters. He can answer any questions about how 'The Race Gap' series came together. We're looking forward to answering your questions! Follow Reuters on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Youtube and LinkedIn. Proof: https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1283462808932360193 submitted by /u/reuters [link] [comments] |
| Megathread: Congressman John Lewis, Civil Rights Icon, Dies at 80 Posted: 17 Jul 2020 08:53 PM PDT Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), the renowned Civil Rights leader who served as a symbol of the movement throughout his more than three decades in Congress, died Friday at the age of 80. From the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington to the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama on "Bloody Sunday," Lewis decisively carved a place for himself in the history books as a courageous young activist during the height of the Civil Rights Movement. He was elected to Congress in 1986 and served 17 terms representing an Atlanta-area district.
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