When a young Tim Cook told a group of cross-burning KKK members to stop what they were doing

[Guest Yoni Heisler]

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It's no secret that Tim Cook's moral character was indelibly shaped by his experiences growing up as a kid in the deep south. Specifically, Cook passion for human rights was forged, in part, by the deep-seated racism that Cook witnessed first-hand while growing up in Alabama in the 1960s and early 1970s.

 

During a 2013 speech where Cook received the IQLA Lifetime Achievement Award, the Apple CEO spoke openly about witnessing a cross burning first-hand, an event which he said "was permanently imprinted" on his brain and changed his life forever.

 

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Via BRG - Boy Genius Report