A Conclave of America’s Top CEOs Talks Race and Making Change

In a gathering held via Zoom, some of the nation’s most prominent business leaders spoke candidly on race relations and their changed public roles

Leaders of General Motors Co., Johnson & Johnson, American Airlines Group Inc. and other big businesses gathered via Zoom this week for a roundtable about the business impacts of the coronavirus. With protests gaining momentum across the U.S., the participants quickly changed the subject.

What followed was a rare peer-to-peer conversation among more than 300 chief executives, mayors and government officials about race relations and social justice—and the public role plenty of chief executive officers now see for themselves.

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