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George Floyd and the toll of racism

The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody on Memorial Day sparked nationwide protests that continue to this day and drew widespread attention to issues of systemic racism. Robert Samuels, national political reporter for The Washington Post, joins CBSN to talk about his recent in-depth article, "Racism's hidden toll," which looks at the mark that discrimination made on George Floyd's life before his fateful encounter with police.

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57th anniversary of the March on Washington

Fifty-seven years after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech at the first March on Washington, thousands gathered once again at the nation's capital to demand racial justice and police reform. Dr. Peniel Joseph, founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the LBJ School at the University of Texas, joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss how the foundations laid by civil rights leaders in 1963 helped shape today's demonstration.

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