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How Does Black Lives Matter Compare to Other Movements?

Social activist and philosopher Dr. Cornel West will speak at the University of Houston Downtown on Friday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m. He’ll discuss the Black Lives Matter movement and race relations in America today. In conjunction with that event, we learn more about the Black Lives Matter movement — both nationally and in Houston […]

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Social activist and philosopher Dr. Cornel West will speak at the University of Houston Downtown on Friday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m. He'll discuss the Black Lives Matter movement and race relations in America today.

In conjunction with that event, we learn more about the Black Lives Matter movement — both nationally and in Houston — as Michael Hagerty talks with Dr. DoVeanna Fulton, Dean of the College of Humanities & Social Sciences at UH Downtown.

Fulton explains how the movement is less like the Civil Rights Movement and more like another cause, that predates it.

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Michael Hagerty

Senior Producer, Houston Matters

Michael Hagerty is the senior producer for Houston Matters. He's spent more than 20 years in public radio and television and dabbled in minor league baseball, spending four seasons as the public address announcer for the Reno Aces, the Triple-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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