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The Riot Report (2023)

THE RIOT REPORT | Trailer | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS

In 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed the Kerner Commission to investigate why Black neighborhoods all over the country were “rioting” in protest. He was blindsided by the findings, which blamed the government for race-exclusive policies that fomented poverty, housing crises, unemployment, and discrimination....