Smart Talk: A converation about race on King holiday
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The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington.
What to look for on Smart Talk Monday, January 19, 2015:
There probably have been more public conversations about race in America during the last six months since the late 1960s when the civil rights movement was led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
That also is true of the number of street protests and demonstrations.
Prompted by the killing of 18 year old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri by a white police officer and the death of Eric Garner in New York as police tried to take him into custody, thousands of black and white Americans have been calling for racial justice under the heading of Black Lives Matter.
Protesters have staged “die-ins” to promote their cause and the conversation. Die-in demonstrations were held in Lancaster and at the Farm Show in Harrisburg within the past week.
To mark the King holiday Monday, Smart Talk features Sandra Thompson, president of the York NAACP, Nick Peterson, an organizer of BlackLivesMatter717, and Pastor Naomi Leapheart of St. Peter’s UCC Church in Lancaster to discuss race in America.
Nick Peterson and Naomi Leapheart
