Will the Black Lives Matter movement force political change?
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2016
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
As police shootings continue to make news, "Black Lives Matter" has brought race back into the national conversation. Is it a dangerous source of potential violence or the Civil Rights Movement of the 21st Century?
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| 0:38.3 | Does Black Lives Matter have stain power? |
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| 0:49.3 | Starting out as a hashtag in 2012, Black Lives Matter has made race an unavoidable topic in the last days of the |
| 0:56.6 | Obama administration. Protesters show up on TV news, denouncing police shootings, interrupting speakers, |
| 1:02.5 | blocking streets and highways. There's still no particular leader, but now the network is one of |
| 1:07.3 | 60 black-led organizations formerly demanding specific changes in public policy. |
| 1:12.9 | Some claim it's indirectly responsible for the killings of police. Others call it the latest |
| 1:17.3 | phase in the civil rights movement. Today's talking point, NBC's Olympics coverage leaves sports |
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| 2:10.4 | We're not only back with To The Point. As police shootings continue to make news, Black Lives Matter has brought race back into the national conversation. |
| 2:20.2 | Is Black Lives Matter a dangerous source of potential violence or the civil rights movement of the 21st century. Today's talking point, |
| 2:25.8 | delayed broadcast and commercial interruptions once again have sports fans fuming about NBC's coverage of the Summer Olympics. Soft-focused features are well-produced, but critics say they're |
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