Podcast

Protest Breadth Are a Novelty in Recent American History

Protest against racism and police violence at the U.S. embassy in Berlin after the murder of George Floyd by a police officer in the United States.
Protest against racism and police violence at the U.S. embassy in Berlin after the murder of George Floyd by a police officer in the United States.

Speaking with NDR Info, Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook discusses the roots of systemic racism in the U.S. and how the country has changed since the 1960s, when sustained protests shifted the civil rights landscape. She addresses the impact recent events have had on the American political landscape, as measured in recent polls and  discusses the meaning of solidarity protests across the world and their impact on political discourse in the U.S.

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"Protest breadth are a novelty in recent American history." NDR Info, June 9, 2020.