The Riot Report -
american experience

Tue, May 21 9:00 P.M. NHPBS (11.1)  

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

All broadcast times for this episode: (show all)

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)

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