Kerner Report: Ep 9: The Future of the Cities: When Vision Failed and Inequality Won

Episode 9 examines the Kerner Commission's 1968 warning that America was splitting into two societies — wealthy suburbs and impoverished, predominantly Black inner cities. Connie Morris reviews how missed investments in housing, education, and jobs, along with redlining and white flight, turned that prediction into reality.

The episode connects the commission's recommendations to today’s crises in cities like Flint and Detroit and sets up the next show, which will focus on solutions the commission proposed.

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