Podcast: Hear the voices of the region's fight for racial justice - Times Union

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Alicia Clemente-Delrow of Albany speaks as demonstrators gather in Washington Park for a daily rally against police brutality on Friday, June 5, 2020 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)

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Shenendehowa High School senior Samantha Ivey speaks as students and others take part in a Black Lives Matter march from Clifton Common to the State Police barracks and back on Monday, June 8, 2020 in Clifton Park, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)

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Jamaica Miles, co-founder of All of Us Community Action Group, speaks as people rally in front of Schenectady City Hall calling on Mayor Gary McCarthy to make changes in the Schenectady Police Department on Thursday June 11, 2020 in Schenectady, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)

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Barbara Smith speaks to the press as a concerned citizen about the thousands of incarcerated people who aren't being granted clemencies from Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday, Jan. 3, 2020 in Albany, N.Y. She was part of a vigil in front of the GovernorA?•s Mansion. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)

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Alice Green, executive director of the Center for Law and Justice, t on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)

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Cessie Alfonso, member of the Citizens Action Board of Directors, speaks during a public hearing on a state bill to create single payer health coverage on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, at the Legislative Office Building in Albany, N.Y. (Cindy Schultz / Times Union)

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Alicia Clemente of Albany, 11, uses the microphone to speak to a crowd of people gathered in Dana Park to mourn the lives of five black and brown men killed by police this week on Friday, July 8, 2016 in Albany, N.Y. Also honored was the life of Goddess Diamond, the 14th Black trans woman killed this year. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)

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The faces and voices of the fight for racial justice in the United States today span no less than three generations.

Those who witnessed the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s are protesting alongside those who have just come of age during the 21st century.

Reporter Massarah Mikati sought out the leaders of the Capital Region's movement, and listened to their stories. You can hear those voices in this episode of The Eagle: A Times Union Podcast.

Also on this episode, Times Union editorial page editor Jay Jochnowitz talks about how the editorial board made their decision to endorse a candidate in the contentious primary race for Albany County District Attorney.

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