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Video: The Wall of Moms builds on a long protest tradition

  • Written by Kelsy Kretschmer, Associate Professor of Sociology, Oregon State University

Kelsy Kretschmer, associate professor of sociology at Oregon State University, explains why the Wall of Moms protest group attracted so much attention in the coverage of the Black Lives Matter protests in Portland, and how the group draws on a long tradition of mothers’ movements around the world.

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