Historian compares civil rights protests, then and now

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In this June 3, 2020, file photo, protesters breach a line of police atop the Crescent City Connection bridge, which spans the Mississippi River in New Orleans, during a protest over the death of George Floyd, who died May 25 after being restrained by police in Minneapolis. Douglas Brinkley, a Rice University history professor and author whose works include books about the late civil rights icons Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., discusses differences between the 1960s civil rights protests and those of today. He says the '60s protesters were fueled by Christian credos, while today's have more "raw anger." (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)