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America's Call For A Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement

People raise their hands as they protest at the makeshift memorial in honour of George Floyd, on June 4, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

The call for a modern-day civil rights movement. We talk to two scholars of history about the need for change and healing.

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, professor of history, African American studies and American studies and director,” which won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in History.  ()

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