Former President Clinton Talks Diversity, Responsibility to Black Journalists
ATLANTA
Former President Bill Clinton spoke to a cheering, applauding crowd of hundreds as he addressed the nation’s largest and oldest minority journalism organization.
Clinton, speaking at the opening ceremony of the annual convention of the National Association of Black Journalists, addressed his efforts to combat obesity and AIDS in the U.S. and abroad.
He also took questions on such topics as diversity in the media, the future of Africa, and the state of the Black community.
Calling food “one of the bargains you can still get in America,” Clinton warned that unless restaurants and school cafeterias produced better menus, Black Americans could soon see the first generation to have a life expectancy lower than their parents.
On AIDS, Clinton praised the progress of several African nations and said now is the time to help countries that are helping themselves.
