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Makur Maker spurned top college hoops programs to play at a historically Black school

When Makur Maker, one of the nation’s top young basketball prospects, was considering where to attend college, he visited schools like UCLA and the University of Kentucky known for their hoops history. But a visit to Howard University put him on a different path — one also steeped in history. CBS MoneyWatch reporter Khristopher Brooks interviewed Maker, and spoke to CBSN’s Lana Zak about the trail he wants to blaze. Source

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Former HUD Secretary Julián Castro on “The Takeout” – 8/28/2020

Former HUD Secretary Julián Castro joins Major to talk about his encounter with violating the Hatch Act while in office in 2016 compared to how President Trump and current administration officials are using public venues for activities during the Republlican National Convention, on this week’s episode of the “The Takeout with Major Garrett.” Source

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Thousands turn out for 57th anniversary of the March on Washington

Fifty-seven years after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech at the first March on Washington, thousands gathered once again at the nation’s capital to demand racial justice and police reform. Dr. Peniel Joseph, founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the LBJ School at the University of Texas, joins CBSN’s Lana Zak to discuss how the foundations laid by civil rights leaders in 1963 helped shape today’s demonstration. Source

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