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Disney media properties will broadcast a town hall with President Barack Obama on Thursday evening. | Getty President Obama to participate in prime-time town hall on race

President Barack Obama will take part in a town hall on race that will be broadcast across Disney media properties on Thursday evening, as he continues to try to drive the national conversation after a series of shootings of black men by police and the massacre of five police officers in Dallas.

The prime-time town hall will feature "candid discussions on race relations, justice, policing and equality," the network announced.

Moderated by ABC "World News Tonight" anchor David Muir along with ESPN commentator and host Jemele Hill, the town hall will be broadcast from Washington, D.C.

The town hall is notable not only for its prime-time billing, but also because Disney will be broadcasting it across multiple properties. It will air not only on ABC, but also on ESPN, FreeForm, Yahoo, ABC Radio and other digital properties.

The announcement came as Obama returned to the nation's capital from Dallas, where he spoke at a memorial ceremony for five police officers who were murdered last week by a black man who said he was angry about police killings of black men. As Obama lauded the heroism of the downed officers, he also spoke about bias among law enforcement and invoked the controversial killings of black men by police in Louisiana and Minnesota last week.

On Wednesday afternoon, Obama will host law enforcement, mayors, academics, and activists at the White House to consider how more of the recommendations from an earlier task force on “21st Century Policing” can be implemented.

In a Facebook post, Obama called for people to share their own stories with the White House, “whether you're a police officer working to keep our communities safe, an activist marching and organizing, or anyone else.”

He added, “I hope you do — because that’s one way we can find common purpose and together, we can build a better America.”

Obama kicked off his week with a meeting with top officials from police unions, a two-hour discussion originally planned by Vice President Joe Biden.

Hadas Gold is a reporter at Politico.