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Civil Rights 50th Anniversary, Prisons and Mentally Ill

6/21/2013 | 25m 36sVideo has Closed Captions

Affirmative action; Taylor Branch on 1963 civil rights movement; Prisons and mentally ill

We examine the decision facing the Supreme Court on the issue of affirmative action; look back at some of the key moments of the civil rights movement in 1963 with historian Taylor Branch; and visit a Chicago jail to look at the moral and financial costs of relying on prisons to care for the mentally ill.

06/21/2013 | Rating NR

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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly

Civil Rights 50th Anniversary, Prisons and Mentally Ill

6/21/2013 | 25m 36sVideo has Closed Captions

We examine the decision facing the Supreme Court on the issue of affirmative action; look back at some of the key moments of the civil rights movement in 1963 with historian Taylor Branch; and visit a Chicago jail to look at the moral and financial costs of relying on prisons to care for the mentally ill.

06/21/2013 | Rating NR

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