Trump's speech at the Black journalist convention leads to co-chair Karen Attiah's resignation.

• The co-chair of the annual National Association of Black Journalists convention resigned due to the organization's decision to invite former President Donald Trump to its convention and career fair.
• On Wednesday, NABJ convention attendees in Chicago will hear from Trump, the Republican presidential nominee.
• The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) has invited Vice President Kamala Harris, who serves as the de facto Democratic party presidential nominee.

The co-chair of the annual National Association of Black Journalists convention resigned on Tuesday in response to the group's decision to invite former President Donald Trump to speak at its convention and career fair in Chicago on Wednesday, as well as other factors.

""I wish journalists interviewing Trump the best of luck and look forward to meeting and reconnecting with all of you in the Windy City," Karen Attiah wrote in a social media post announcing her decision to resign her position as NABJ24 convention co-chair."

Attiah, a columnist for The Washington Post, wrote that although his decision was impacted by multiple factors, he was not involved or consulted in any way with the decision to platform Trump in such a format.

Since its establishment in 1975, NABJ has become the largest organization of journalists of color in the US. Over time, it has invited notable speakers such as former presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton, as well as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Attiah's announcement has been requested for comment by CNBC, NABJ, and a spokesman for Trump's presidential campaign.

Tia Mitchell, a Washington correspondent for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, responded to controversy over Trump's appearance in her own post on X, stating that she helped arrange the event as a chair member of NABJ's political task force.

"I contributed to the call and it aligns with NABJ's longstanding practice of inviting presidential candidates," Mitchell stated in the X post. "However, feel free to keep sharing your thoughts on social media. I will continue to work towards providing journalists with opportunities to interview the next President."

Users who Mitchell had granted access to could see her post.

On Monday, NABJ declared that Trump, the Republican nominee, would engage in a discussion with journalists at the convention prior to the attendees.

The event with Trump will be moderated by Rachel Scott, Harris Faulkner, and Kadia Goba.

The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) has invited Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party's de-facto presidential nominee, to speak at their convention. However, the group noted that her confirmation is still pending.

If elected president, Harris would be the first woman and the first South Asian person to hold the office.

In 2018, during his presidency, Trump faced criticism for using derogatory language when he described Haiti and African countries as "shithole countries" during a White House meeting with senators.

In his memoir, Fred Trump III, Donald Trump's nephew, revealed that he heard the president use the n-word twice. However, Trump's campaign dismissed the claim as "total fake news of the highest order."

In 1973, the Department of Justice sued Donald Trump and his father Fred Trump for allegedly discriminating against Black would-be tenants in their New York housing complexes due to their race.

Two years after the case, Donald Trump and his father reached a settlement without admitting any guilt.

Attiah was named NABJ's journalist of the year in 2019.

In 2018, she and fellow Post columnist David Ignatius received the George Polk Award for their coverage of Jamal Khashoggi's murder in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.

Attiah, whose parents hail from Ghana and Nigeria, enlisted Khashoggi to join The Post and appointed him.

At the time of Khashoggi's murder, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency concluded that the killing was ordered by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, but Trump rejected these findings.

In March 2020, the State Department, while Trump was still in the White House, accused Saudi Arabian government officials of the murder.