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UPDATED: And on Day 3, it rained. Precipitation in Los Angeles didn’t stop striking writers from turning out in force at key picket locations on the third day of the work stoppage against Hollywood’s major employers. About 75 people were out making the rounds outside Fox Studios shortly after 9 a.m. Picket signs were covered […]

Spent ten years in the league. daunte, as you know, the last, lets say, five years or so, the nfl constantly in the political headlines in part because former president trump would always drag them there, attacking players over kneeling for the national anthem, making football about politics. as we all know, theres no separating sports and politics, and really the politics of race in this country. >> no, there isnt. when you look back to 1968, just a couple months after dr. martin luther king wa...

Big free throws, die chiccies and fists up. >> all of a sudden there was a sense of identity through style and music. ♪ say it louder ♪ ♪ >> james brown "say it loud" im black and im proud. >> brings back memories. the president and ceo of the naacp cornell william brooks joins us. thanks for joining us. tell our viewers, how did music help shape the civil rights movement in the united states? >> well, music in a real sense is represented back in the day and certainly even today a spiritua...