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How Protests Echo The Civil Rights Movement

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George Floyd is being buried in Houston on Tuesday, and the protests that began after Floyd was killed by police two weeks ago are continuing around the country.

Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with Julian Zelizer, professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University and a CNN political analyst, about how the current movement echos the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.

This segment aired on June 9, 2020.

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