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History professor on how white backlash controls American progress

Name: History professor on how white backlash controls American progress
Uploaded: 2020-06-04T12:35:05-0400
Duration: 10 min 33 s
Description: Civil rights movements have been met with resistance from conservative white groups dating back to America's Reconstruction era. Now it's playing out across the country in the wake of George Floyd's death. Lawrence Glickman, a history professor at Cornell University, joined CBSN to his latest piece in the Atlantic, entitled "How White Backlash Controls American Progress."

Civil rights movements have been met with resistance from conservative white groups dating back to America's Reconstruction era. Now it's playing out across the country in the wake of George Floyd's death. Lawrence Glickman, a history professor at Cornell University, joined CBSN to his latest piece in the Atlantic, entitled "How White Backlash Controls American Progress."