Albert has been taking his son Aidan to protests against racial injustice since he was 6. At StoryCorps, the two talk about the importance of protesting as a universal cause. 'The hardest part is knowing that could have been me,' says Aidan, now 14.
by police in Louisville, Ky., at her apartment in the middle of the night.
"You're growing up, getting so tall and getting hair on your face, and just your presence — some places, people don't see the child in you," he said."They don't see the innocence in you. Even though you're not a threat, you're still perceived as a threat."
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