Video: Mary Corey on the civil rights movement

“Activism is in the DNA, as Kendrick would say,” says Dr. Mary Corey, a senior lecturer of history at UCLA. In the 1960s, Corey attended UCLA for her undergraduate studies and became involved in the wave of political activism that erupted during that period. Watch as she describes her experience as a student in the charged political climate of the 1960s, an important reflection in the context of today’s politics.