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With the death of Rosa Parks, Republican and Democratic leaders celebrated the legacy of a civil rights trailblazer. But a huge gulf exists across the political spectrum on a number of contentious issues. Join Kojo for a look at competing visions of civil rights activism in 21st century America.
Gerald Reynolds, Chair (R), United States Commission on Civil Rights; also former Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights
William Taylor, Chair, Citizens Commission on Civil Rights; Vice Chair, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights; and author “The Passion of My Times: An Advocate's Fifty-Year Journey in the Civil Rights Movement”
For eleven nights, youths from France's Arab-Muslim minority have rioted through suburban neighborhoods around Paris and throughout the country. Join Kojo for a look at the underlying causes for the unrest and government attempts to restore order.
Marc Burleigh, Journalist, Agence France Presse
He was an ordinary California teenager until his Dad took a job in the new government of Afghanistan. Said Hyder Akbar shares his unique view on the post 9/11 world and what it's like to be a teenager witnessing the birth of a new democracy.
Said Hyder Akbar, author of "Come Back to Afghanistan: A California Teenager's Story" (Bloomsbury); also a student at Yale University
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