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Activists Launch Black Birders Week Event On Social Media

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Many people were shocked and disgusted as they watched a video taken in Central Park in late May. A white woman threatened a black man who was bird watching in the park when he tried to get the woman to leash her dog.

But the incident has sparked a new social media event called Black Birders Week. The Allegheny Front's Julie Grant reports.

This segment aired on June 5, 2020.

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