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Two Societies (1965-1968)

Season 2 Episode 2

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.

Aired: 04/24/21
Funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Ford Foundation and viewers like you.
Extras
Power and powerlessness in the cities of Miami and Chicago.
Anti-discrimination rights gained in past decades by the movement are put to the test.
Black activism is increasingly met with an unethical response from law enforcement.
A call to pride and a renewed push for unity galvanize Black America.
Martin Luther King, Jr. stakes out new ground for himself and the Civil Rights Movement.
The call for Black Power takes various forms across communities in Black America.
After a decade-long cry for justice, a new sound is heard in the movement: call for power.
The Kerner Commission finds "two societies, one black, one white, separate and unequal."
Mississippi’s grassroots Civil Rights Movement becomes an American concern.
A decade of lessons is applied in the climactic and bloody march from Selma to Montgomery,
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Anti-discrimination rights gained in past decades by the movement are put to the test.
A call to pride and a renewed push for unity galvanize Black America.
Black activism is increasingly met with an unethical response from law enforcement.
The call for Black Power takes various forms across communities in Black America.
Martin Luther King, Jr. stakes out new ground for himself and the Civil Rights Movement.
After a decade-long cry for justice, a new sound is heard in the movement: call for power.
A decade of lessons is applied in the climactic and bloody march from Selma to Montgomery,
Mississippi’s grassroots Civil Rights Movement becomes an American concern.
The Civil Rights Movement discovers the power of mass demonstrations.