8/8/18 Texas Governor Greg Abbott Holds Roundtable Discussion with African American Leaders from East Texas by Sarah A. Miller
Read MoreLongview ISD school board members Ted Beard and Liberty-Eylau ISD school board president James Keeton attend a discussion with Texas Governor Greg Abbott at New Days Community Church in Tyler on Wednesday Aug. 8, 2018. The roundtable discussion was part of a campaign stop that focused on education and economic opportunities in the African American community. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Church leaders HQ Dickerson and Rev. Larry Williams talk before a discussion with Texas Governor Greg Abbott at New Days Community Church in Tyler, Texas on Wednesday Aug. 8, 2018. The roundtable discussion was part of a campaign stop that focused on education and economic opportunities in the African American community. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Leaders in the African American community attend a discussion with Texas Governor Greg Abbott at New Days Community Church in Tyler on Wednesday Aug. 8, 2018. The roundtable discussion was part of a campaign stop that focused on education and economic opportunities in the African American community. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
University of Texas at Tyler President Dr. Michael V. Tidwell and Tyler Mayor Martin Heines talk before a discussion with Texas Governor Greg Abbott at New Days Community Church in Tyler on Wednesday Aug. 8, 2018. The roundtable discussion was part of a campaign stop that focused on education and economic opportunities in the African American community. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Leaders in the African American community attend a discussion with Texas Governor Greg Abbott at New Days Community Church in Tyler, Texas on Wednesday Aug. 8, 2018. The roundtable discussion was part of a campaign stop that focused on education and economic opportunities in the African American community. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
New Days Community Church Pastor Reginald Garrett, left, speaks with Texas Governor Greg Abbott as Abbott makes a campaign stop for a roundtable discussion on education and economic opportunities in the African American community at New Days Community Church in Tyler, Texas on Wednesday Aug. 8, 2018. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Texas Governor Greg Abbott sits with event organizer Ron Price as he makes a campaign stop for a roundtable discussion on education and economic opportunities in the African American community at New Days Community Church in Tyler, Texas on Wednesday Aug. 8, 2018. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Children from the Journeys of the Heart after school program lead Texas Governor Greg Abbott and those attending his campaign stop roundtable discussion in the Pledge of Allegiance at New Days Community Church in Tyler on Wednesday Aug. 8, 2018. The roundtable discussion was on education and economic opportunities in the African American community. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Whitehouse ISD Superintendent Chris Moran, second from right, attends Texas Governor Greg Abbott's campaign stop roundtable discussion on education and economic opportunities in the African American community at New Days Community Church in Tyler on Wednesday Aug. 8, 2018. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)