Lena Waithe is the first black woman to win an Emmy Award for comedy writing. She also wrote the new movie, "Queen & Slim," which follows a black couple who accidentally kill a white police officer in self-defense during a traffic stop. Waithe joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss why her work is "protest art."

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