A civil rights leader was accompanied by authorities out of a North Carolina film theater after he firmlyinsisted on utilizing his own chair for medical factors, triggering an apology from the country’s biggest motionpicture theater chain.
The occurrence tookplace Tuesday in Greenville throughout a revealing of “The Color Purple.” The Rev. William Barber II stated he requires the chair since he suffers from ankylosing spondylitis, a disabling bone illness.
Barber, 60, leads a not-for-profit called Repairers of the Breach, which focuses on problems consistingof citizen suppression and hardship. He likewise co-chairs the nationwide Poor People’s Campaign, which is designed after an effort released in 1968 by the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
During an hourlong news conference on Friday, Barber spoke in assistance of individuals with impairments and the requirement for companies to offer the lodgings needed under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
“I understand that if I cannot sit in my chair in a theater in Greenville, North Carolina … that there are thousands of other individuals who will be omitted from public areas in this country,” Barber stated.
Barber stated supervisors at t