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Equal Protection: Crash Course Government #29

Welcome to school without the classroom! Host Craig Benzine takes you through a tour of US government and politics.

Equal Protection: Crash Course Government #29

Season 1 Episode 29 | 8m 14s

We've spent the last few episodes talking about civil liberties, or our protections from the government, but civil rights are different as they involve how some groups of citizens are able to treat other groups (usually minorities) under existing laws.

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