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I remember vividly when the Civil Rights
Movement first began to pick up steam. We saw Bull Connor
turning fire hoses on young African-American kids, and we asked
the older generation why it's just and fair
to have laws that discriminate
on the basis of skin color. And when they couldn't
answer that question, the laws began to change. This movement
to solve the climate crisis is in the tradition of every
great moral movement that has advanced
the cause of humankind
Movement first began to pick up steam. We saw Bull Connor
turning fire hoses on young African-American kids, and we asked
the older generation why it's just and fair
to have laws that discriminate
on the basis of skin color. And when they couldn't
answer that question, the laws began to change. This movement
to solve the climate crisis is in the tradition of every
great moral movement that has advanced
the cause of humankind
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I remember vividly
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when the Civil Rights
Movement first began to
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pick up steam.
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We saw Bull Connor
turning fire hoses
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on young African-American kids,
00:00:16.282 --> 00:00:18.215
and we asked
the older generation
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why it's just and fair
to have laws
00:00:20.887 --> 00:00:22.082
that discriminate
on the basis of skin color.
00:00:22.856 --> 00:00:24.466
And when they couldn't
answer that question,
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the laws began to change.
00:00:28.261 --> 00:00:32.563
This movement
to solve the climate crisis
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is in the tradition of every
great moral movement
00:00:37.503 --> 00:00:40.338
that has advanced
the cause of humankind.
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Movie Summary
A decade after An Inconvenient Truth (2006) brought climate change to the heart of popular culture, the follow-up shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution.
