Political Analyst Bakari Sellers Calls For More 鈥楥hangemakers鈥�

By Laura Pellicer,

Published March 21, 2017 at 12:23 PM EDT

Courtesy Bakari Sellers

In 2006, became the youngest elected state representative in South Carolina. At one point he was also the youngest black elected official in the United States.

In conversation with guest host Phoebe Judge, he reflects on his father鈥檚 civil rights legacy and his own political career.

Sellers also argues that it is time for Americans to push themselves to be changemakers. Sellers speaks at

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Laura Pellicer

Laura Pellicer is a digital reporter with 瓜神app鈥檚 small but intrepid digital news team.

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Phoebe Judge

Phoebe Judge is an award-winning journalist whose work has been featured on a numerous national radio programs. She regularly conducts interviews and anchors 瓜神app's broadcast of Here & Now. Previously, Phoebe served as producer, reporter and guest host for the nationally distributed public radio program The Story. Earlier in her career, Phoebe reported from the gulf coast of Mississippi. She covered the BP oil spill and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina for Mississippi Public Broadcasting and National Public Radio. Phoebe's work has won multiple Edward R. Murrow and Associated Press awards. Phoebe was born and raised in Chicago and is graduate of Bennington College and the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies.

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