#NeverAgain and the Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Political Scene | The New Yorker | Mar 30, 2018

Last week, in a coordinated effort by many grassroots groups, a series of protests against gun violence took place in communities around the world. Jelani Cobb joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss how today's activists are adapting Civil Rights-era principles to organize twenty-first-century movements.

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