When Black neighborhoods in scores of American cities erupted in violence during the summer of 1967, President Lyndon Johnson appointed the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders - informally known as the Kerner Commission - to answer three questions: What happened? Why did it happen? And what could be done to prevent it from happening again? The commission's final report, issued in March of 1968, would offer a shockingly unvarnished assessment of American race relations - a verdict so politically explosive that Johnson refused to acknowledge it publicly or even thank the commissioners for their service. Featuring interviews with commission staffers and the last surviving commission member, Senator Fred Harris, The Riot Report explores a pivotal moment in our nation's history and the fraught social dynamics that simultaneously spurred the commission's investigation and doomed its findings to political oblivion.
Episode Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes and 46 seconds
Episode Number: 3605
Tue, May 21 | 9:00 P.M. | The Riot Report NHPBS (11.1) |
Wed, May 22 | 1:00 A.M. | The Riot Report NHPBS (11.1) |
Thu, May 23 | 3:00 A.M. | The Riot Report NHPBS (11.1) |
Fri, May 24 | 8:00 P.M. | The Riot Report NH World (11.3) |
Sat, May 25 | 1:00 A.M. | The Riot Report NH World (11.3) |
Sat, May 25 | 9:00 A.M. | The Riot Report NH World (11.3) |
Wed, May 29 | 1:00 P.M. | The Riot Report NH Explore (11.2) |
Fri, May 31 | 9:00 P.M. | The Riot Report NH Explore (11.2) |
Sat, Jun 1 | 1:00 A.M. | The Riot Report NH Explore (11.2) |
As television's longest-running, most-watched history series, American Experience brings to life the incredible characters and epic stories that helped form this nation.
Tue, May 21 | 9:00 P.M. | The Riot Report NHPBS (11.1) |
Wed, May 22 | 1:00 A.M. | The Riot Report NHPBS (11.1) |
Thu, May 23 | 3:00 A.M. | The Riot Report NHPBS (11.1) |
Fri, May 24 | 8:00 P.M. | The Riot Report NH World (11.3) |
Sat, May 25 | 1:00 A.M. | The Riot Report NH World (11.3) |
Sat, May 25 | 9:00 A.M. | The Riot Report NH World (11.3) |
Mon, May 27 | 4:00 A.M. | The Sun Queen NH World (11.3) |
Tue, May 28 | 2:00 P.M. | Riveted: The History of Jeans NH World (11.3) |
Tue, May 28 | 3:00 P.M. | The Lie Detector NH World (11.3) |
Tue, May 28 | 4:00 P.M. | Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History NH World (11.3) |
Wed, May 29 | 1:00 P.M. | The Riot Report NH Explore (11.2) |
Wed, May 29 | 2:00 P.M. | Fatal Flood NH World (11.3) |
Wed, May 29 | 3:00 P.M. | Flood in the Desert NH World (11.3) |
Wed, May 29 | 4:00 P.M. | Zoot Suit Riots NH World (11.3) |
Fri, May 31 | 9:00 P.M. | The Riot Report NH Explore (11.2) |
Sat, Jun 1 | 1:00 A.M. | The Riot Report NH Explore (11.2) |
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