This first week of Black History Month, In Focus begins a conversation on the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. Founder and executive director of the Center for Law and Justice Alice Green shared how her experience, growing up in the Adirondacks during the civil rights movement, inspired her to join the fight for racial equality. She said the method of nonviolent resistance championed by King, is one that she employs in pointing out the injustices that she sees in society. In 1985, Green founded the Center for Law and Justice to monitor the criminal justice system, particularly how it relates to people of color. She also reflected on the death of Tyre Nichols, where five Black Memphis police officers are charged with murder and assault for the alleged beating, saying that the culture of policing in America was to blame.

You can watch the full interview with Alice Green in the video player above. And be sure to tune in for a look inside the biggest issues impacting Upstate New York, on In Focus with JoDee Kenney — every Sunday on Spectrum News 1.