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All are welcome!

Today (Tuesday, March 27th) at 5:00pm, 335A Case Hall

Our next viewing of an episode of

Eyes on the Prize:

America's Civil Rights Years

Episode #8 Two Societies (1965-68)

Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
(SCLC) come north to help Chicago's civil rights leaders in their nonviolent
struggle against
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segregated housing. Their efforts pit them against Chicago's powerful mayor,
Richard Daley. When a series of marches through all-white neighborhoods
draws violence, King and Daley negotiate with mixed results. In Detroit, a
police raid in a black neighborhood sparks an
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uprising that lasts five days, leaving 43 people dead. The Kerner Commission
finds that America is becoming "two societies, one black, one white,
separate and unequal." President Lyndon Johnson, who appointed the
commission, ignores the report.  (Description from
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(Approximately 1 hour + discussion after.)

Watching and discussing episodes of this series is part of Prof. Gene
Burns's Honors option for MC 380 (Social Policy) and MC 382 (Social
Movements), but all are welcome to join us.