NAACP Leader: Confederate Flag’s Fall Is An ‘Extraordinary Moment’

NAACP Leader: Confederate Flag’s Fall Is An ‘Extraordinary Moment’

The country’s oldest civil rights organization begins its annual convention Saturday in Philadelphia. NPR’s Wade Goodwyn speaks with NAACP President Cornell William Brooks.

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