Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Ferguson and the Civil Rights Generation Divide
Religious and civic leaders like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have been telling protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, “Don’t riot…vote.” But that message doesn’t seem to be going over well with young, frustrated protesters.
By Barbara Bogaev • • 1 min readReligious and civic leaders like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have been telling protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, “Don’t riot…vote.” But that message doesn’t seem to be going over well with young, frustrated protesters. Is there a generational divide between older African Americans who lived through the civil rights movement and young people today?
