Running While Black: Ahmaud Arbery's Death Highlights Shared Fears Of Racial Profiling

Last Friday, thousands of runners and joggers took to the streets and even went on virtual runs to honor Ahmaud Arbery on what would have been his 26th birthday.

Taking selfies and posting messages on social media using the #IRunWithMaud, runners and activists alike used the moment to protest Arbery’s death.

Here & Now’s Tonya Mosley speaks with James Ravenell II, a runner and co-founder of Black Runners Connection, about what it means to run as a black person in this country.

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