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The Zuckerbergs arrived in [[Birmingham]] on Monday [[February 20]] and met with [[Anthony Ray Hinton]], a former death row inmate whose [[1985]] murder conviction was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in [[2015]] after the Montgomery-based Equal Justice Initiative took up his case. The couple dined privately at [[OvenBird]] that evening. | The Zuckerbergs arrived in [[Birmingham]] on Monday [[February 20]] and met with [[Anthony Ray Hinton]], a former death row inmate whose [[1985]] murder conviction was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in [[2015]] after the Montgomery-based Equal Justice Initiative took up his case. The couple dined privately at [[OvenBird]] that evening. | ||
On [[February 21]] Zuckerberg and Chan visited [[Nick Saban]] and several [[2017 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama football players]] in [[Tuscaloosa]], discussing what it takes to build a "championship organization" which also functions as a social community. | |||
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Revision as of 17:17, 21 February 2017
The 2017 Mark Zuckerberg tour was a fulfillment of a personal challenge issued by Faceboook founder Mark Zuckerberg for the year 2017. He challenged himself to travel and meet people in the 30 or so U.S. states he had not yet visited. Specifically he wanted to learn "how they're living, working and thinking about the future." He hoped that the the experience would help him with his efforts to "build a global community."
The challenge followed a year in which Zuckerberg professed to have rediscovered the important of religion and also made arrangements for maintaining control of his company in the event that he was employed as a government official. Those moves fueled idle speculation that he was considering running for high office, though he has denied it.
Zuckerberg traveled in the company of his wife, Priscilla Chan. The couple visited Alabama in February, arriving in Mobile on February 18. They attended church and watched a Mardi-Gras parade on Sunday, then visited with seafood industry leaders in Bayou La Batre before heading north through Monroeville, Camden and Selma.
The Zuckerbergs arrived in Birmingham on Monday February 20 and met with Anthony Ray Hinton, a former death row inmate whose 1985 murder conviction was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2015 after the Montgomery-based Equal Justice Initiative took up his case. The couple dined privately at OvenBird that evening.
On February 21 Zuckerberg and Chan visited Nick Saban and several Alabama football players in Tuscaloosa, discussing what it takes to build a "championship organization" which also functions as a social community.
References
- Hrynkiw, Ivana (February 21, 2017) "Mark Zuckerberg stops in Birmingham, meets former death row inmate Anthony Ray Hinton." The Birmingham News
- Carlton, Bob (February 21, 2017) "Mark Zuckerberg and his wife enjoy a 'date night' at Birmingham restaurant." The Birmingham News
External links
- Zuckerberg, Mark (February 16, 2017) "Building Global Community" Facebook.com