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 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 urban
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 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/about/fd.html )
(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.