Town Hall

Video: is Black Lives Matter The Next Civil Rights Movement?

December 05, 2016

Randall Kennedy, professor of law at Harvard University, Dr. Julianne Malveaux, president emerita of Bennett College, and Errin Haines Whack, urban affairs reporter for the Associated Press, explore the history of Black Lives Matter and its parallels with past civil rights movements.

Michael Gerhardt, scholar-in-residence at the National Constitution Center, moderated the event at the National Constitution Center on December 5, 2016.

You can watch a replay of the event in the player at the following link: https://youtu.be/mVJNrv8v3r8

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