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 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.
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