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How a K.K.K. Killing Changed Robert Reich

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Robert Reich, the former labor secretary and longtime professor at Berkeley, Brandeis and Harvard, was bullied as a child. He feared going to school, and would often look to nice older kids for protection. One of the kindest to Reich was Michael Schwerner, who eventually became a civil rights worker. Schwerner was killed in 1964 by the Ku Klux Klan.

Reich talked to David Marchese, cohost of "The Interview," to share how Schwerner’s murder changed his life. Watch the full video here

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