'The Colored Waiting Room' by Kevin Shird

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Kevin Shird, co-founder, and president of the Do Right Foundation is making a remarkable impact on the fight against drugs in America. Recognized as a national youth advocate, author, public speaker, and humanitarian, Shirdhas dedicated his life and work to helping youth understand the perils of street culture—which makes no apologies for destroying so many lives and families.

Shird discusses his new book, The Colored Waiting Room, in which he meets 84-year-old Nelson Malden and contextualizes the significance of recent racially motivated events, and the demonstrations is Charlottesville, Ferguson, Baltimore, and around the country. The result is a groundbreaking understanding of today's burgeoning second-wave civil rights movement and the urgent actions necessary for racial equality and change.