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George Floyd Protests Draw Comparisons To 1968 Unrest Across The US
Resume![The army are called out to deal with protests in Washington, D.C., following the assassination of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., in April 1968. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)](https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/GettyImages-1061691288-1000x661.jpg)
The year 1968 is remembered as one of the most difficult in American history when protests broke out across the country over the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson talks with Julian Zelizer, professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University and a CNN political analyst, about the legacy of 1968 on today's political and social unrest.
This segment aired on June 2, 2020.