Last Tuesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook flew out to New York City, where he accepted a Lifetime Achievement Award from Auburn University, his alma mater. Cook graduated from Auburn with a degree in industrial engineering in 1982 and is an avid Auburn football fan.
In his 13-minute acceptance speech, Cook devoted much of his talk to discussing equality and human rights.
As a child who grew up in 1960's Alabama, Cook recounted a childhood incident which provided him his first glimpse into the "devastating impacts of discrimination."
Remarkable people were denied opportunities and treated without basic human dignity, solely because of the color of their skin. And not far from w
