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0000017b-01f0-d19f-ab7b-19f504b80000A community conversation on civil rights and human rightsMSU's Project 60/50 is a yearlong community conversation on civil and human rights. The "60" represents 60 years since the Brown v. Board of Education ruling and the "50" represents 50 years since the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, making major forms of discrimination unlawful.To commemorate these important landmark events, support MSU's Project 60/50 and celebrate Black History Month, WKAR has several special program offerings in February 2014.For more about the MSU project, visitinclusion.msu.edu/Project6050

American Promise on WKAR-TV

Courtesy of Orrie King

Mon., Feb. 3, 10 pm | A 13-year chronicle of two boys' divergent paths from kindergarten through high school graduation.

Joe Brewster and Michele Stephenson, middle-class African-American parents in Brooklyn, N.Y., turn their cameras on their son, Idris, and his best friend, Seun, who make their way through one of the most prestigious private schools in the country. It's a 13-year chronicle of the boys' divergent paths from kindergarten through high school graduation at Manhattan's Dalton School.

Presented by WKAR as part of MSU Project 60/50

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