![]() Hill noted the hundreds of businesses who put out racial equity statements but wondered what exactly did those companies and individuals do? As Jesse Jackson told me, text without context is pretext, we need the context and so the context here is to show what the world is doing to us and Black folk have always been strategic about how we use technology and media to tell our story.” ![]() That’s a responsibility all of us have as business owners, activists and citizens. “So the social media of the time, Jet Magazine, when that picture is put on the cover it has an impact that leads to the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and it’s not just the image it’s how the image is used. “She said I want the world to know what they did to my boy,” Hill said to the audience. He cited examples such as Bloody Sunday on the Edmund Pettis Bridge and Emmitt Till‘s mother allowing Jet Magazine to photograph her son’s open casket after his death. ![]() ![]() In addition to Hill’s book, the two men also discussed how Black people have always used the media to show the world what is being done to them. Hill was joined in the discussion by BLACK ENTERPRISE Senior Vice President and Chief Content Officer Derek Dingle. ![]()
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