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Several leaders past and present invited to the white house in 2016. >> people like brittany who served on our police task force in the wake of ferguson and led many of the protests. >> the beginning of our work in ferguson was simply to help people understand that there really is a problem. racism is not dead no matter who was in the white house at the time. some of our tactics were rooted in the traditions of the civil rights movement, but given that this is the next chapter, things evolved. w...

Far? >> the real truth of the matter is that children are the ones who are suffering from this occupation the most. >> my role is to take the demands from the street and make them relevant in the policy space. >> reporter: brittany packnett, a leading black lives matter activist, was one of several civil rights leaders, past and present, invited to the white house in 2016. >> people like brittany, who served on our police task force in the wake of ferguson has led many of the protests. >> the be...

Many of the protests. >> the beginning of our work in ferguson was simply to help people understand that there really is a problem, that racism is not dead no matter who was in the white house at the time. some of our tactics were still rooted in the traditions of the civil rights movement. but given that this is the next chapter, things evolve. we werent going to sing "i shall not be moved" and "we shall overcome." were going to play lil boosie. ♪ >> our streets. >> were not carrying protest ...

>> people like brittany, who served on our police task force in the wake of ferguson has led many of the protests. >> the beginning of our work in ferguson was simply to help people understand that there really is a problem, that racism is not dead no matter who was in the white house at the time. some of our tactics were still rooted in the traditions of the civil rights movement. but given that this is the next chapter, things evolve. we werent going to sing "i shall not be moved" and "we shal...