Civil Rights Past & Present
Season 7 Episode 12 | 26m 54s
Civil Rights Past & Present
onya Masingale’s report on the state of the civil rights movement in the 1980s. First, she interviews Mary Frances Berry, a member of the United States Civil Rights Commission, who discusses: the climate of non-tolerance in the Reagan Administration; the reasons why African Americans are losing ground in the fight for equality; and the need to return to the tradition of non-violent protests
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Civil Rights Past & Present
Season 7 Episode 12 | 26m 54s
onya Masingale’s report on the state of the civil rights movement in the 1980s. First, she interviews Mary Frances Berry, a member of the United States Civil Rights Commission, who discusses: the climate of non-tolerance in the Reagan Administration; the reasons why African Americans are losing ground in the fight for equality; and the need to return to the tradition of non-violent protests
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