To bring some sense of balance and perspective around the tragic Charleston church shooting, here’s a story about a former Ku Klux Klan leader who overcame his hatred and moved on to become a community organizer for the civil rights movement. With a video in which Roman Krznaric, author of the book Empathy: Why It Matters and How to Get It, explains what this story can teach us about overcoming prejudice.
Beyond violence: How a white supremacist became a civil rights activist
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