Teen Activists: A History of Youth Politics and Protest
Teen Activists: A History of Youth Politics and Protest
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As students organize protests around the country, Joanne, Brian & Ed talk about the role young people have played in American politics. They’ll look at how the desegregation movement in Virginia was sparked in part by a 16-year-old girl, how young Americans made it okay to be independent voters and thinkers in the early centuries, a 1945 student walkout against integration, and the story of a young Lakota activist who travelled to Standing Rock when she was in high school. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices