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Examining Today's Civil Rights Movement In An Age Of Inequality And Dispersed Leadership

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Now, a look at the current state of the civil rights movement. In an age of increasing economic, educational and employment inequality, the conversation about race in America is as important as ever.  So, too, is the struggle for equality and justice. How has the conversation about race changed as incidents of police brutality across the country are disseminated today so quickly and widely? How has the conversation about race been affected by presidential campaign demagoguery? And how has the movement for civil rights and social justice evolved 60 years after Dr. King led the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Tom explores these questions with the Rev. Dr. Todd Yeary. He is the senior pastor of Douglas Memorial Community Church here in Baltimore. He’s also an adjunct professor in the College of Public Affairs at the University of Baltimore and the Political Action Chair for the Maryland State Conference NAACP.  And joining the discussion by phone is Jamye Wooten, the founder of KineticsLive.Com, an on-line information ministry. He’s a Social Justice Institute Fellow at the Boston University School of Theology. Mr. Wooten has organized and documented social movements in the US, Africa and the UK.

 

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