{"id":16124,"date":"2015-06-25T13:40:36","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T18:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=16124"},"modified":"2015-06-25T13:40:36","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T18:40:36","slug":"video-protests-in-america-then-vs-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/video-protests-in-america-then-vs-now\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Protests in America, then vs. now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Kira Boyd<\/p>\n<p>On this edition of Medill Newsmakers, we will discus protesting then versus now. \u00a0We will explore the history of protest movements in the U.S. Also, we will talk \u00a0about how social media have changed the face of activism in the 21st century. \u00a0Throughout the past year, there have been large demonstrations against police brutality around the nation. \u00a0From Ferguson, Missouri to Baltimore, Maryland, people are taking to the streets to protest what they view as murder. 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