Two Societies (1965-1968) | Promo
Preview: Season 2 Episode 2 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
The Kerner Commission finds "two societies, one black, one white, separate and unequal."
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the SCLC come north to help Chicago's civil rights leaders in their nonviolent struggle against segregated housing. In Detroit, a police raid in a Black neighborhood sparks an uprising, leaving 43 people dead. The Kerner Commission finds that America is becoming "two societies, one black, one white, separate and unequal" - President Lyndon Johnson ignores the report.
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Two Societies (1965-1968) | Promo
Preview: Season 2 Episode 2 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the SCLC come north to help Chicago's civil rights leaders in their nonviolent struggle against segregated housing. In Detroit, a police raid in a Black neighborhood sparks an uprising, leaving 43 people dead. The Kerner Commission finds that America is becoming "two societies, one black, one white, separate and unequal" - President Lyndon Johnson ignores the report.
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