Congressman John Lewis paid a visit to Tim Cook at Apple’s Cupertino campus today as part of the civil rights icon’s Northern California tour for his new book.
The Georgia lawmaker played a pivotal role in the bloody Selma march that’s back in the spotlight thanks to the its 50th anniversary and the Oscar-nominated film by the same name. Lewis was a guest speaker at Apple HQ today as part of the company’s celebration for Black History Month, and he met privately with Cook.
Lewis is meeting with Google executives tonight and is hosting book signings Wednesday at the San Francisco Public Library and San Francisco State University for his new graphic novel, March: Book Two. The book is aimed at giving a new generation of Americans a behind-the-scenes look at some of the most pivotal events in the the civil rights movement.
Cook, who recently came out as gay, has been a huge proponent of civil rights and equality as Apple’s CEO. He has posters of Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy hanging in his office.
Honored to host @RepJohnLewis at Apple today. His 50-year march for justice and equality inspires us. @MARCHTrilogy pic.twitter.com/I5ye7OdIDi
— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) February 17, 2015
Buster Hein is a freelance writer who lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Twitter: @bst3r.
2 responses to “Civil rights activist John Lewis visits Tim Cook at Apple HQ”
I’m so sick of these civil rights leaders pushing for tech companies to diversify and higher more black minorities. Reality is there aren’t that many black engineers to higher. Instead of spending time telling successful companies like Apple what to do, he should be spending his time in the black communities helping change the culture there…get kids and families to invest their time and energy into school and getting an education.
100% agree