ATLANTA (AP) – Civil rights leaders and representatives of the Atlanta Hawks will meet after the disclosure of a racially charged email written by the team’s co-owner.
Both sides said Monday that they have agreed to speak and are trying to set up a meeting in the next two days.
Hawks CEO Steve Koonin said he wants to hear the concerns.
The Rev. Markel Hutchins and others criticized the team after Hawks co-owner Bruce Levenson announced Sunday that he would sell his controlling interest in the team, partly because of an email he wrote two years ago, offering a theory that black fans were keeping away white fans.
Hutchins says he believes the incident shows the team has a racist outlook, not just a single owner.
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