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Chasing the Dream

White Rioting - Against All Odds

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Archival footage depicts MLK Jr.'s reaction to white rioters in Chicago. Beryl Satter explains how black middle-class property owners during the Civil Rights Era were punished for attempting to follow the same path as their white middle-class peers. Against All Odds premieres Monday, March 6 at 10PM on THIRTEEN.

Aired: 03/06/17 | Rating: NR

Major funding for Chasing the Dream is provided by The JPB Foundation with additional funding from The Peter G. Peterson and Joan Ganz Cooney Fund and Sue and Edgar Wachenheim, III.

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