Black journalists will have their chance to press U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris on her plans during an interview on Tuesday.
Harris will participate in a Philadelphia forum organized by the National Association of Black Journalists, scheduled after the U.S. vice president did not attend the group’s convention held in Chicago this summer.
Her Republican rival Donald Trump‘s appearance at that event in July led to controversy over his comments questioning Harris’ racial identity and his treatment of one of the moderators over a line of questioning he regarded as unfair.
Harris had said she was willing to attend a separate forum held by the group after what her team described as a scheduling conflict with the convention held just over a week after U.S. President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race.
The interview will be conducted by three of the organization’s members, as was Trump’s, in this case reporters from TheGrio and Politico as well as an anchor for WHYY-FM, a public radio station.
Harris to face Black journalists’ questions in Philadelphia | Reuters