Magic Johnson to join push to help minority boys

By Jesse Holland

Published May 30, 2014 5:49pm ET

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Magic Johnson to join push to help minority boys — President Barack Obama, flanked by Attorney Holder Eric Holder, left, and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, left, speaks about a report from "My Brother's Keeper," an initiative to expand opportunity for young men and boys of color, Friday, May 30, 2014, during a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) | Susan Walsh

WASHINGTON (AP) — Basketball legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson will help lead a White House push to get more Americans involved in reversing underachievement among young minority men, President Barack Obama said Friday.

Johnson, along with Joe Echevarria, chief executive of accounting and consulting firm Deloitte LLP, will help lead an “external push to get more folks on board,” Obama said as he met with stakeholders in his “My Brother’s Keeper” program.

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