Civil Rights 50th Anniversary, Prisons and Mentally Ill

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

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Civil Rights 50th Anniversary, Prisons and Mentally Ill Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly

Premiered June 21, 2013

Civil Rights 50th Anniversary, 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.

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Churches in 1963 were “the great buttress for the movement,” says historian Taylor Branch.

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1963: Civil Rights 50th Anniversary

How did our country’s jails become last-resort caretakers for the mentally ill?

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Prisons and the Mentally Ill

How much diversity is enough diversity in higher education?

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Supreme Court and Affirmative Action

Watch more of our interview about the historic civil rights moments of 1963.

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Taylor Branch Extended Interview

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