CNN BUSINESS | One of America’s first Black CEOs slams ‘bone-headed’ Georgia law as blatant attempt to suppress Black vote

New York (CNN Business) – Dick Parsons had to make countless difficult decisions during his storied corporate career. The decision to speak out on Georgia’s voting law was not one of them.

“This was an easy one. There is simply no excuse for what the Georgia legislature has done,” Parsons told CNN Business in his first public comments on the controversial law.

Parsons, who in the early 2000s became one of the first Black CEOs of a Fortune 500 company, is among the 72 Black corporate leaders who signed a letter calling on companies to fight Republican voting restrictions.

In the interview, the former Time Warner and CBS CEO slammed the Georgia law as “bone-headed,” a blatant attempt to suppress the Black vote and a “ruse” that pretends to be aimed at safeguarding elections.  —read more—