Now in their 70s and 80s, civil rights protesters from the 1950s and 1960s tell CNN how things have changed in the fight for equality — and how much farther we need to go.
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Protests now and in the past 00:53Who is protestingTHEN: Young, mostly black people, based mostly in the South. Many were inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King, although others thought he moved too slowly.
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