Meet the Columbus Activists Converting Outrage to Action The emerging voices forcing Central Ohio to reckon with the racism in its midst It was not the Columbus Way. For a city that values civility and collegiality above all, the protest at the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast was an uncomfortable experience. Two activists disrupted the January 2020 gathering—a massive affair packed with Columbus movers and shakers—to draw attention to the December 2018 killing of 16-year-old Julius Tate Jr. by Columbus police. Interrupting a speech by Columbus Mayor Andy Ginther, they shouted “Justice for Julius” and “he deserved to dream.”