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Today's Pioneers: Leaders on the front lines of change in America

The road to equality and civil rights has a long history - one that is still being written today.

ATLANTA — As Black History Month comes to a close, it brings with it a chance to look back at the people who were behind some of the most important changes in American history when it comes to civil rights and the true belief that all people are created equal.

In today's special, we speak to living legends of the movement, the reason they fought and what their contributions mean to modern America.

We also look at what it means to be black in America in 2020 and what challenges still face the African American community. 

And finally, we speak to not only the leaders who are continuing the civil rights revolution in the modern-day and those working to bring unity to a land divided but also those who are fighting to make sure that the next generation learns from the one before - and has a brighter future because of it.

ATLANTA - Fifty-two years after the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and nearly four years after America's first black president, who are the black leaders of today - and what are the challenges that face black America?
ATLANTA - This year brings with it the 55th anniversary of the March for voting rights that happened in Selma, Alabama in 1965 - dubbed Bloody Sunday for how the marchers were beaten and forced back across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Two of the architects for the peaceful march were Atlantans - the Rev.
Five decades after Dr. Martin Luther King's death, are black Americans better off? That's what the Economic Policy institute laid out in a report released in February. While the report shows black Americans have more opportunities and better access to education, the majority remain disadvantaged compared to whites.
ATLANTA - On a Thursday afternoon, about 15 students gathered in a classroom at B.E.S.T Academy in Atlanta. Nothing appeared out of the ordinary; just a few young men soaking up knowledge. At the front of the classroom, Keith Strickland paused a video playing on a flat-screen.

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