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History & Hope: Activist Phyllis Bennett discusses decades-long fight for racial equality


History & Hope: Activist Phyllis Bennett discusses decades-long fight for racial equality
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Updated: 4:58 PM EST Feb 7, 2021
Jeremy Jenkins
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Updated: 4:58 PM EST Feb 7, 2021
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JEREMY: TELL US ABOUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE GROWING UP IN THE 1950’S VERSUS WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SEEING TODAY. MS. BENNETT: WHEN I GREW UP IN THAT ERA, JUST BEING ABLE TO GO TO DIFFERENT PLACES WE COULDN’T GO TO SKATING RINKS. MATTER OF FACT, WHEN WE WANTED TO GO TO THE SKATING RINK, THE MAN SET IT ON FIRE SO THAT WE COULDN’T SKATE THERE. WE WANTED TO GO TO SWIMMING POOLS. THE SWIMMING POOLS WERE SEGREGATED, AND FOR THE MOST PART, WE COULD NOT GO TO SWIMMING POOLS, SO WE HAD TO INTEGRATED THE SKATING RINKS AND THE SWIMMING POOLS. INTEGRATE WE WERE CHILDREN, AND IT WAS NOT FAIR TO DENY US. JEREMY: WHY DO YOU THINK PEOPLE TREATED PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE YOU AND I IN SUCH A MANNER? MS. BENNETT: T ....

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