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On August 21, 1966, the leaders of major civil rights organizations came together on Meet the Press for a joint discussion on the state of the civil rights movement. This rare televised gathering of so many influential leaders sheds light on the philosophies that helped shape American history in the 20th century. Here, we see these men respond to whether at that point in time, they thought the civil rights crisis was getting better or worse. The opinions heard from Martin Luther King, Stokely Carmichael, and James Meredith, among others, demonstrate the diverse approaches that these men took on the road to reaching greater equality.
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On August 21, 1966, the leaders of major civil rights organizations came together on Meet the Press for a joint discussion on the state of the civil rights movement. This rare televised gathering of so many influential leaders sheds light on the philosophies that helped shape American history in the 20th century. Here, we see these men respond to whether at that point in time, they thought the civil rights crisis was getting better or worse. The opinions heard from Martin Luther King, Stokely Carmichael, and James Meredith, among others, demonstrate the diverse approaches that these men took on the road to reaching greater equality.
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